CDE Group
Scheduling Buyer
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Job Description
Location:
CDE Manufacturing, 370 Doagh Road
WE ARE CDE.
HERE TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.
Sand is a finite resource, and it’s running out. Today, population growth and the pace of progress mean the world is devouring sand like never before – 50 billion tonnes a year globally. This demand is unsustainable. Together with our customers we have already diverted over 100 million tonnes of waste material from landfills and put it back into the materials market for use in construction; protecting sand & aggregates in areas where natural material reserves are in decline and enabling production to happen closer to markets. We are minimising environmental impact and laying the foundations for the circular economy.
At CDE we work across the natural processing and waste recycling sectors, in five regions, to pioneer industry-leading, world-changing engineering solutions. Our headquarters are in Northern Ireland, and we have offices in the USA, Australia, Austria, and Brazil. For over 30 years we have relentlessly innovated and co-created wet processing solutions – completing over 2,000 global projects – and we’re only getting started. Our purpose is to create our best world, a ton at a time; empowering our customers to transform their materials into valuable resources for the betterment of people, the planet, and their bottom lines.
Discover more about life at CDE www.cdegroup.com
About The Role
Job Purpose
This is an operational role where the buyer is expected to support the line manager and operational manufacturing team in order to maintain the Purchase to Pay Process in line with CDE Culture and Values to ensure all materials required are available to satisfy manufacturing requirements in terms of delivery, cost and quality, whilst ensuring compliance with procurement policies and ensuring the company’s strategic goals and customer needs are met.
Responsibilities
- In line with the manufacturing planning schedule, ensure all Purchase Orders required for Manufacturing are available when required and are delivered to the correct locations.
- Prepare and maintain purchasing report, records, and updated price lists. Including updating drawing to supplier along with Engineering communication, confirming part finishes based on project requirement.
- Monitor and communicate supplier on time in full deliveries, ensure 95% OTIF delivery with Key Suppliers.
- To support line manager with process improvements to ensure kpi’s and targets are met.
- Ensure IFS compliance/adherence of all procurement related tasks but particularly updating purchase order delivery dates in a timely manner to allow for real-time reporting.
- Monitor and action MRP messages ensure correct system information is maintained at all times.
- To support and maintain supplier relationships to include managing capacities and performances with the supplier in order to help them meet their set kpi’s and targets.
- Actively maintain correct standard purchase part inventory in compliance with company policy. Including updating min/max and reordering quantity implementing strategy set by business.
- Actively action and close out assigned NCRs.
- Continually challenge and improve upon current practices and procedures.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- To support and maintain assembly requirements by actively liaising and working with assembly team.
- To support and maintain the whiteboard process with the aim of reducing urgent requirements such as ncr’s snags.
- Attend relevant meetings to represent Operations scheduling team on OTD and report progress to various teams at timely manner.
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- Investigate and initiate corrective actions for reported issues with OTD, missing parts, stock out parts, part duplication or any other issues hindering job closure.
- Apply the minimum quality and environmental standards required under ISO 9001 and 14001 and the company Quality and Environmental standards.
- Support procurement project scheduling and expediting.
- Clear supplier invoices ensure no blockage to pay based on correct PODs and receipts.
- Any other appropriate tasks that the company requires.
Other
- To adhere to CDE policy and practice.
- To carry out any other duties within the reason and capability associated with this role.
NB: This job description is not exhaustive as other duties may be required to fulfil the requirements of the role.
Skills Needed
Managerial / Operational, People
About The Company
WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOU
We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy. We help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before. Our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. Our track record of proven solutions consistently meets our customers’ needs precisely, operating in challenging environments from the Arctic to the Equator. Wet processing is our sole focus –our experience and expertise is unmatched in this field. Every day, in everything we do, we strive to do it right. We want to be the best at what we do and deliver the maximum benefit for our customers. We pull together, as a team, in pursuit of this common cause. Our “Customer for Life” mentality fortifies each of our projects, with CDE engineers delivering continuous, limitless support.
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Company Culture
We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as market leader in developing solutions for the wet processing industry both within natural materials processing and waste recycling sectors. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME. To do that, we must continue to build our global team by adding the most ambitious, driven and talented people. We will challenge you, elevate you and broaden your horizons. We will help you to be the best you can be both personally and professionally. We are renowned for our energy and can do attitude…. and at times seemingly delivering the impossible. We also know that all the will in the world won’t take us anywhere unless we work together. And we like to have fun together - life’s too short and we spend most of it at work. If we lose the power to laugh, we lose the power to think. We will continue to add the most dynamic, ambitious and talented individuals to the CDE team.
Required Criteria
- Educated to degree level in a business-related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a purchasing function in a manufacturing environment
- Experience of working with a modern ERP/MRP 2 system
- Proficient with Microsoft office software.
Desired Criteria
- Part CIPS qualified or similar.
- Experience with IFS system.
Closing Date
Friday 31st July, 2026
Contract Type
fulltime
Salary
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