Operations Buyer presso Spectris

Job title – Operational Buyer

Contract type: Permanent- 37.5 hours per week 
Location – Malvern – Onsite- 5 days per week

Role benefits – Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits + holiday (plus public holidays) + Pension Scheme, and more!  

Partners in Discovery. Together, we achieve more.

About the role

As an Operational Buyer, you will play a key role in ensuring the seamless flow of materials and services to meet production demand and forecast requirements. You will be responsible for managing the full procurement cycle, from raising purchase requisitions and generating purchase orders in SAP, to communicating with suppliers and tracking orders through to final delivery.

Your role will also involve resolving delivery, invoice, and pricing discrepancies, while building strong knowledge of the commodities, inventory, and supplier base you manage. Success in this position relies on maintaining proactive communication with suppliers and production planning teams, ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of all parts and services critical to operations.

What you will bring to the role:

• Process MRP outputs, raise purchase orders via approved suppliers, and maintain accurate data in SAP to ensure production demand is met

• Build and manage professional relationships with suppliers, monitoring performance through KPIs, root cause analysis, and implementing improvement plans where required

• Regularly expedite materials, resolve delivery, booking-in, invoice, and quality queries promptly, supporting production continuity

• Maintain daily communication with planning and production teams, attend production meetings, and provide updates on supplier performance, shortages, and delivery schedules

• Support best-practice purchasing methods, contribute to supply chain efficiency initiatives, and coordinate with commodity buyers on projects, contracts, and quality notifications

• Ensure all parts and materials are delivered on time and in line with supplier commitments, keeping the business informed through clear and timely communication

About you:

• Degree-level education and/or CIPS qualification preferred (equivalent experience will also be considered).

• Proven purchasing experience within a low- to mid-volume OEM environment.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

• Experience with SAP S/4 ERP highly advantageous.

• Solid understanding of supplier management and development techniques, with the ability to further build and apply this knowledge.

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Why you should join us:

• Be a part of an ambitious, fast-growing, international company with a friendly and inclusive culture.

• Drive growth within a leading global organisation whose purpose is to work with our customers, to make the world a better place

• Be a key member of our team in our amazing offices

• Gym discounts 

• Volunteering days and much more

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About us - Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps. 
Together we are a powerful and highly complementary combination of market leading technologies. 

We are the toolmakers for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. We are their partners in discovery.

Malvern Panalytical instruments analyze the chemical, physical and structural nature of materials, from proteins to polymers and semiconductors to minerals. Our leading technologies measure particle size, shape, concentration and zeta potential, biomolecular interactions and stability, elemental concentrations and crystallographic structure.

Micromeritics manufactures systems for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials for a wide- range of end markets including catalysts, chemicals, building materials, clean-tech and battery.  Our leading technologies measure surface area, porosity, density, adsorption and particle activity.

SciAps specializes in portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF), laser-based (LIBS) and near-infrared (NIR) analyzers to measure any element in any environment. SciAps is the Center of Excellence for our handheld instruments.
We have a global footprint with R&D and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.

We are more than 2,500 employees in a customer-focused organization with sales and service offices in 20 countries, all committed to delivering expert and responsive customer support.

Part of Spectris plc, a publicly traded FTSE 250 company, Spectris combines precision with purpose, delivering progress for a more sustainable world. Precision is at the heart of what we do – our leading, high-tech instruments and software equip our customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive.

Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics & SciAps
Your Partners in Discovery

Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps, part of the Spectris Group, are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and achieve a fulfilling career. Changing the world isn’t something you can do on your own, or with a single way of thinking; it takes a wide collection of experiences, stories, knowledge, and expertise. We encourage applications from underrepresented individuals and people with diverse backgrounds. Although we always select the most qualified applicant for each role and make all decisions without regard to race, sex, age, or any other protected class, we are an inclusive, equal opportunity organization that prizes diversity. Your unique perspective is important to us.