Job Ref: 214837017

Date: 2021-10-06 17:41:19

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A Bespoke Joinery & Furniture Manufacturer, looking for a 'hands on’ Timber Buyer to control all purchasing activities to ensure all client orders can be delivered 100% on-time and complete.
As a Timber Buyer you will be responsible for improving profitability, through managing the procurement of quality materials for a busy joinery manufacturing workshop. You will source and re-source items to improve cost competitiveness and provide great performance and service to sales, projects.
Applicants with a strong joinery background, who have experience working within the timber manufacturing industry is desirable, but not essential.
Main Objective of a Timber Buyer: The go to person, for the purchasing of materials and supplies, for busy joinery workshop environment.
Daily activities of a Timber Buyer:
* Establish, develop, and maintain solid relationships across the supply chain, for timber, laminates, fabrics, stone, and appliances.
* Procurement of timber through tendering and negotiation.
* Work closely with Sales Team to understand customer forecasts, keeping appropriate stock levels to meet demand.
* Negotiate the purchase of timber at the correct specification, in the right quantities, to secure a good price.
* Purchase consumables for stock replenishment, including, tool bits for electric hand tools, as well as joinery components and fixtures.
* Review and maintain up to date information on suppliers, and contractors.
* Communicate pricing and arrangements to relevant personnel, whether it be the ‘Project Manager’ for the project, ‘Workshop Foreman’, or ‘Storeman’ for stock supplies.
* Monitor performance of suppliers, report delays and defects, and record for Quality Management purposes.
* Assist accounts to reconcile invoices to delivery notes and manage discrepancies accordingly.
* Liaise with Workshop Manager and Project Managers during the manufacture and installation stage of each project to order materials in good time.
* Keep ‘Purchase Order Sheet’ up to date and with relevant, and accurate information.
* Monitor materials purchased for each project, ensuring costs are within budgeted forecast and to communicate with PMs for approval if otherwise.
Additional duties of a Timber Buyer:
* Liaise with storeman to maintain awareness of stock levels, reporting regularly to the ‘Production Manager’, ‘Workshop Foreman’
* Manage and coordinate deliveries and collection with ‘Storeman’/ ‘Labourers’.
* Liaise with production planner and Installations to arrange deliveries to site.
* Liaise with waste disposal companies to dispose of waste materials from workshop.
* Work alongside Storeman, to improve stock turnover, through stock inventory.
Company Benefits:
Free Onsite Parking
Company Credit Card
Company Mobile Phone
33 days Annual Leave, including 8 Bank Holidays
Royal London Pension Scheme
Requirements:
Full Clean Driving License.
Good level of spoken and written English Language.
Physically able to manual handle, desirable.
Has a firm understanding of Carpentry/Joinery & Furniture, desirable.
Skills & Attributes
* Excellent customer service skills, with commercial acumen.
* Confident with numbers and financially aware.
* Excellent relationship and negotiation aptitude.
* Knowledgeable on FSC compliance and chain of custody.
* Has great attention to detail, problem-solving skills, within a fast-paced environment.
* Self-motivated and able to work alone and as part of a team.
* Excellent organisation, and time management skills.
* Confident to communicate effectively at all levels.
* Good administration knowledge, Microsoft Packages.
* Positive attitude to work, with a willingness to learn

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