Magicard careers

If you're enthusiastic, committed to quality and a great team member, join #TeamMagicard. See below for our current vacancies:

Our Head Office is based in Weymouth, a sea-side town on the Jurassic Coast with a rich naval history and award-winning beach. Set within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and home to the National Sailing Academy, this is a fantastic place to achieve a work-life balance with wildlife, watersports, dolphin-sighting, cycle routes, scenic walks and local hospitality to enjoy.

We are close to Portland Bill, Lulworth Cove, and Durdle Dor as well as the nearby towns of Dorchester, Bridport, Poole and Bournemouth.

We only accept applications from candidates with an existing right to work in the country where the vacancy is based.

Please note Magicard is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Please send your CV with a covering letter detailing why you’d be a great fit for the role to careers@magicard.com

Position: Senior Buyer (x2)

Reporting To: Supply Chain Manager

Job Purpose:

To be part of the team who conduct and manage our supply chain focussed activities. The team focus on the timely control of our purchase orders & supply chain, supply forecasting and raw material inventory levels. To be an active member of new product introduction (NPI) projects, ensuring excellent performance with a key focus on supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery and communication.

Responsibilities:

Manage material supply to production and sales via use of MRP (Materials Requirements Planning) driven purchasing with focus on supplier performance (on-time delivery, supplier quality and purchase price variance)
Negotiate and establish pricing and supplier agreements
Manage supplier communications for performance and forecasting
Maintaining MRP procurement data (lead-times, prices, batch sizing, safety stock, etc)
Identify and control obsolescence risks
Control freight inwards costs
Involved with creation of new MRP items
Identify and implement cost saving projects
Input into supply chain risk register and risk reduction activities
Handle vendor managed inventory (VMI) programs
Identify and develop opportunities for supplier improvement and/or rationalisation
Create, schedule and maintain internal orders for replenishment of spares and consumables
Represent supply chain within the cross-function and NPI meetings
Processing of purchase requisition for direct and in-direct spend
Manage non-conformance materials and the supplier returns process
Attend and/or host supplier review meetings
Performance of specific processes/tasks as directed by management towards the accomplishment of the above.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

Experience of procurement for a manufacturing organisation
Experience of procurement via MRP or similar
Exposure to CIPS or similar in-role experience
Strong communication skills
Strong spreadsheet/MS Excel skills

Last Review: Operations Manager – 11th September 2023