Job Description

Posted Date 2 months ago(05/06/2025 08:49)
Job ID
2025-5671
City
UK-Abercynon
Country
United Kingdom
Seniority Level
Associate
Job Function
Procurement
Type
Permanent Full-Time
Estimated Travel Required
0 - 10%

Company Overview

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COME JOIN OUR JOURNEY!

When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fueled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. Be part of the journey.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

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Introduction

We require a Buyer to join our busy Purchasing team, based at our site in Abercynon, South Wales. The successful candidate will report into our Head of Purchasing and will be responsible for the management and development of a portfolio of suppliers from whom we buy goods and services that are critical to our operations.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for maintaining assigned supplier relations by selecting suppliers and negotiating prices for material and/ or services required, so ensuring procurement of nominated materials and services to agreed programmes by the most economic, timely and efficient means. Analyze, negotiate and report supplier price changes. Conduct periodic commodity surveys to obtain price comparisons; evaluate market trends to develop new services and create cost savings. Select new and alternative sources of supply and in collaboration with technical staff select new and alternative materials and services, providing technical and or commercial advantage to the company. Ensure all purchasing requisitions and programmes are correct and reflect the current suppliers lead times, keeping management and user departments informed where changes threaten work programmes. Identify potential problem areas and recommend changes. Minimise the companys exposure with regard to MOQ's and price increases, obtaining the relevant authority levels. Proactive liaison with other departments as necessary to forecast, plan to meet and to supply demand to relevant quality. Ensure compliance with company codes of conduct and health and safety. Administration and reporting as required. Payment terms negotiation, optimisation and management. International trading issues/imports/ legal awareness. To identify and drive continuous improvement with areas of control. Control and minimise excess and cost/ stock.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

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Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

3+ years experience of Purchasing within a manufacturing or similar environment Ability to think strategically with an innovative approach to problem solving. Excellent negotiation skills with proven track record of cost reduction through use of appropriate strategic purchasing tools. Familiar with ERP, MRP systems and Purchasing systems. Supplier relationship management Excellent communications skills both written and verbal Ability to meet tight deadlines

What We Offer

From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress within TT Electronics Abercynon or the wider group if this is your career plan.

Enhanced pension contributions Healthcare cashback plan Employee assistance programme Site incentive plan Financial wellbeing benefit Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers Cycle to work scheme Discounted RAC membership Discounted gym membership at local leisure centres Specsavers vouchers Free fruit Tuesdays 183.75 hours annual leave plus bank holidays A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability

TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under represented groups.

Our Recruitment Process

Initally we will reach out to you for an informal conversation about the role. This will allow you the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about TT, our site and our team. It will also give us the chance to learn more about you and your experience to date. At this point both parties have the opportunity decide if they would like to continue with the process.

Formal interviews will be held on site and include a tour of the facility.

Due to the specific projects that TT Electronics Abercynon supports, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this role.
Candidates will be required to achieve Baseline Personal Security Standard Clearance and hold UK or US citizenship.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre and during employment drug and alcohol testing.

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World

We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe - so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you! Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we'd love to hear from you.