Buyer Planner

Purchase high cost, complex components, assemblies and services to support a manufacturing facility’s production plan. Coordinate diverse, technical commodity areas with limited supervision while meeting or exceeding established goals. Most optimize the logistic functions of the above activity to result in the highest quality at the lowest possible total procurement cost.

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- Obtain and analyze supplier quotations and place purchase orders at the lowest cost consistent with quality requirements and urgency of need.
- Accountable for execution of direct materials and subcontract purchasing in line with Smiths Group PLC Code of Conduct, ensuring that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
- Ensuring approval of Purchase Orders in line with the Delegation of Authority policy and approval process
- Ensure the timely and efficient processing and acknowledgement of purchase orders and MRP action messages (Order, Expedite, De-Expedite, Cancel) or purchase requisitions to fulfil the material requirements of the operation by the purchasing team.
- Negotiate improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
- Assist the Purchasing Agent in the investigation of alternate, equivalent materials and sources of supply.
- Arrange the appropriate and prompt physical/financial disposition of rejected materials while taking effective corrective action to prevent recurrence of the same.
- Manage supplier programs through the use of established goals and time frames regarding cost reduction, quality improvement, supplier certification, lead time/inventory reduction and delivery performance.
- Work as a team member with the Purchasing Agent, management and cross-functional groups to manager established commodity direction and to ensure the accomplishment of strategic commodity goals.
- Practice preventative problem solving. Have the cognizance of market trends and changing supplier position regarding strength and weakness, with the ability to analyze the same.
- Prepares reports and correspondence in a clear, precise and grammatically correct manner.
- Expedite the supply base in a proactive manner to provide proper linkage of required and promised delivery dates. Update the system and communicate required delivery information to involved parties.
- In conjunction with the Purchasing Agent, select suppliers. Follow through with the order process including review of supplier acknowledgements, and invoice discrepancies. Issue purchase order change notices as required and review requisitions for proper signature authorization prior to order placement.
- Special projects and functions as required by departmental management

**Diversity & Inclusion**

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

**The Individual**
- Bachelor's degree in business, administration, international trade, engineering or related careers
- 5+ purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment (mechanical metal area is a must)
- Ideally, experience in procuring / sourcing process-based measuring instruments such as (various gauges & transmitters), piping components such as (pipe fittings, pipes, tubes, flanges fittings fasteners, gaskets), critical components such as (pumps, coolers, accumulator, motors etc).
- Experience in procuring / sourcing on fabrication API Plans, spools, skids, auxiliary systems etc is an added advantage.
- Well versed in purchasing techniques and logístical supply chain
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to include the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from both internal and external customers.
- Must have knowledge of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) systems
- Must have intermediate skills with MS Office Suite
- English 80% Oral and written.
- Knowledge on SAP but not essential

**About Smiths**

**About John Crane**

**Additional Information**
- According our mission, vision and Global Policies:_
- **_Under no circumstances shall Staff be charged any fee or other costs in relation to their recruitment to work at Smiths, whether directly or indirectly. _**_Any recruitment fees shall be paid by Smiths._**:

- **_Smiths will not employ anyone below the age of 18. Smiths will take reasonable steps to satisfy itself of the member of Staff’s age before that person starts work at Smiths. When persons under the age of 18