Buyer - Hiring Urgently

We are hiring a confident Buyer to join our stellar team at Celeros Flow Technology, LLC in Glasgow.
Growing your career as a Full Time Buyer is an awesome opportunity to develop competitive skills.
If you are strong in persuasion, cooperation and have the right mindset for the job, then apply for the position of Buyer at Celeros Flow Technology, LLC today!

Celeros Flow Technology, LLC For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe. Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. We seek talented professionals to join our world-class team of innovators in a global, collaborative & multi-cultural environment, where you will be challenged, supported, and inspired to be extraordinary.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Assist in the development, and to manage the execution, of global strategies to purchase bought in finished and raw materials for multiple. To deliver on time to operations quality components that meet standards and to manage and maximise efficiencies in Suppliers and CLYDEUNION global vendor purchase power plan. To ensure all commodities purchased are within target pricing and savings are maximised. The Buyer will be responsible for source, selection, negotiation, and purchase of all commodities for the Pump market. They will be required to manage their supply chains in support of internal/external Customer requirements and support appropriate metrics and reporting as required by the business. They will be required to assist in the process to manage and carry out vendor analysis and provide recommendations for source selection in support of bid and proposal activities, procurement and as needed to support the business. PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (But Not Limited to)

• Full account management of key strategic subcontractors including operational purchasing and performance improvement, contract governance and relationship management across all functions.
• Assist in the source of new vendors, resolves conflicts concerning materials or services at the department and vendor levels; keeps in constant contact with appropriate personnel to ensure satisfactory operations; coordinates returns and/or repairs of products; monitors changes, modifications, and technological advances that affect the purchasing of goods and services. Actions all Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) and Engineering Change Notification (ECN) within Supply Chain
• Reviews, evaluates, and monitors department purchase requisitions for proper authorisation, specifications, and legal compliance; takes responsibility for procuring appropriate items or services; creates and reviews purchase orders; research and resolves receiving and accounts payable issues; inputs, edits, and retrieves purchasing data; disburses and maintains files related to purchase orders and purchasing. Ensures delivery of all components within lead time and budget, in line with the required delivery date by operations and for revenue and cash billing milestones.
• Provide detailed analysis against these criteria, comparing vendor’s costs and other attributes.
• Continuous Improvement of On-Time Delivery and quality performance of key Project subcontractors also work closely with the management team to set policy on vendors and the method of selection
• Assist in the development and management of procurement strategies, benchmarking of key commodities and undertakes supply chain research to ensure Clyde Union purchasing power is maximised and all commodities are purchased within budget and material savings are maximised
• Assist in the implementation of operational and strategic procurement, process improvements and introduction of best practice procurement and supply chain management techniques
• Support Bid and Proposal activities as required

* Business Impact:

• Good relationships with suppliers to deliver on time quality products to key projects and to ensure projects are within budget and savings are realised. Slippage in on-time delivery leads to lateness in project objectives, milestones and cash billings
• Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly time frame depending on the cycles of the product and reports required by the programme.
• Negotiate and liaise with key suppliers to optimise cost, schedule of quality products/components for manufacture of packages.
• Ensure information supplied from Engineering and Quality are clean to purchase components as required. Assist in the tendering process with BU’s for early lead items. Supply clean information to Operations to enable accurate detail planning. To liaise with Production Control, Planning, Expediting and other internal stakeholders to ensure all components are delivered on time to meet production schedules and revenue and cash milestones
• SHE is ensuring H&S of self and others. Product safety in ensuring all components, products and parts meet business standards as required i.e. Lloyds, ASME etc

DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

Skills:

• Procurement Plan including major milestones, KPI’s etc
• Purchase orders raised against plan
• Components, products, kit or services delivered against planned activity
• Compliance to all SC policies and procedures
• SAP reports for Scorecard are up to date and improvement action plans in place for RAG
• Three monthly PDP plan and all objectives met in timely manner
• Customer/Supplier Complaints logged, and actions ragged
• VICE process flagged, escalated and communicated across function and programmes

Knowledge:

• Pump or High-End manufacturing subcontract assembly procurement. Supply Chain best practice and network of suppliers’ strategies. Contractual law.
• Experience with the procurement of a variety commodities including, which may include raw materials, electronics, connectors, power suppliers, cable assemblies, sheet metalwork, machining and castings.
• Experience of tender bids, contracts, management of sub-contracts, SC standards and process

Qualifications: * CIPS qualified, or HNC, Degree level in business, mechanical / electrical engineering.

COMPETENCIES

Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures. Communication: Clearly and succinctly conveying information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicating in a focused and compelling way that drives others’ thoughts and actions. Engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. Continuous Improvement: Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities; generating ideas and implementing solutions. Continuous Learning: Actively identifying new ideas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application. Contributing to Team Success: Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals. Initiating Action: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive. Managing Work: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completely efficiently. Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CELEROS VALUES

All Celeros divisions are committed to the effective use of the Celeros Values. It is important that all employees understand and utilize these values when performing the duties of his/her position.

QUALITY

Quality encompasses all aspects of Celeros’ business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system. All employees have an obligation to identify and record any such nonconformity, and through designed channels, initiate and recommend solutions. CELEROS Flow Technology is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits of working as a Buyer in Glasgow:

● Excellent benefits
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Advantageous package