JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Trainee Buyer
Location: Role to be primarily based at our Boundary Park Site in Deeside, with some travel between our 5 North Wales sites as required.
Salary: Competitive Salary

SUMMARY:

• Monday to Friday 8am – 5pm
• Office based with local travel between sites as required
• 33 days holiday per year

ABOUT US:

Ifor Williams Trailers (IWT) is Britain’s leading trailer manufacturer, operating at five advanced manufacturing sites across North Wales. The company was established in 1958 and to date has manufactured over half a million trailers.
The wide product range includes Livestock, Horsebox, General Duty, Tipper, Plant, Flatbed, Box Van trailers, Car Transporters, and pick-up Canopies. The customer base is equally diverse, ranging from the agricultural community to the plant and commercial industry and the leisure sector.
The company’s philosophy is to design and manufacture trailers of the highest quality that combine the latest technology with strength, durability, ease of maintenance and value for money.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Trainee Buyer you’ll have an opportunity to join a dynamic team of Buyers covering a range of Commodities including but not limited to Wheel and Tyre Assemblies, Metals, Running Gear, Suspension, Plywood and Hardware to drive procurement excellence.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

· Supporting the development and management of the companies Supplier portfolio of raw materials with the support of Buyer and Head of Procurement.
· Liaising with relevant colleagues across the Business in relation to current and new Suppliers, technical problems and general queries
· Contribute to the Department improvement, protect and enhance the Company reputation, by putting new ideas forward and driving positive change.
· Sourcing of competitive material prices, quantities and lead-times: combining and analysing returned quotations.
· Analysing markets to make recommendation of change to reduce cost while maintaining standards of quality.
· Monitoring current vs historical spend.
· Ensuring the quality of the materials are in and maintained in required standards.
· Ensuring the continuous supply of materials, communicating any supply chain problems which pose risk or impact to business operations while taking a proactive approach to resolve.
· Identifying and resolving challenges with Purchase Orders and Goods Inwards issues.
· Ensuring invoice queries are dealt with effectively and in collaborative manner with Purchase Ledger.