Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

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Reporting to the Operations Director, the Buyer will mainly be responsible for the Autogard brand (or other Twiflex Ltd product brands as required).  The role includes the purchasing of materials, goods, and services. Working with departments on their purchasing requirements to ensure that the company’s operational needs are met whilst considering cost, quality, and ensuring continuity of supply.

Buyer Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyse, review, and place POs based on MRP demand.
• Receive acknowledgements for POs and update the system as necessary.
• Ensure all POs are delivered on time.
• Monitor purchasing data in SAP and keep up to date.
• Provide timely information in relation to all purchase parts to other departments. Ensuring that Materials Planning and Production are informed of any changes in planned delivery dates.
• Optimise inventory levels of all purchased items by determining inventory levels in order to support the business objectives.
• Provide factual data to support all buying decisions.
• Manage RFQs and negotiate with suppliers to obtain best agreement for goods and services.
• Build relationships with suppliers.
• Develop new supply sources where necessary.
• Expand LCC efforts from a cost reduction and an order fulfilment perspective.
• Be results driven and focus on the best outcome for the company.
• Continuous improvement of processes.
• Develop positive working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Support the Operations Director in achieving the overall department’s goals and objectives.
• Take up additional duties as assigned to you.

Value Stream Duties and Responsibilities (Reporting to Autogard Value Stream Manager)

• Run the MRP report and create a purchased-item shortage report highlighting shortages affecting priority orders and identify actions, owners and required dates.
• Perform work order transactions & resolve transaction errors
• Close works orders
• Print and distribute work centre schedules & other documents.
• Analyse & execute MRP planned production order messages to release new production to support customer demand  Produce an order-book extract and allocate works orders.
• Update selected production orders with confirmed material arrival dates and explain the effect on the plan.
• Prepare works order packs and complete a document check
• Update the programme list from sample requirements and raise supervised subcontract orders.
• Complete material issues and stock bookings

Skills and Experience Requirements 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

Manufacturing knowledge.

Process driven.

Competent in using SAP and MS Office packages.

A good understanding of MRP.

Good time management skills with the ability to work within a busy, fast paced environment.

CIPS qualification

Possess excellent customer service skills.

Understanding of Engineering drawings would be an advantage.

Import and customs knowledge would be an advantage. 

Minimum Education requirements

In order to be considered for this role a candidate must be able to satisfy the following requirements: ·       

Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent – Grades 9 – 5 (A-C) in Maths and English·       

CIPS qualified·       

Demonstrable experience in metal fabrications manufacturing industry

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.