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Graduate Placement - Technical Purchasing (12-24 Months)

Glenrothes, FIFE, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-13 → 2026-09-26

Core

Graduate role focused on technical purchasing for hydraulic radial piston motors, managing supplier discussions, sourcing decisions, and sampling coordination.

Role type

Junior Technical Purchasing Specialist

Builds

Sourcing strategies and supplier relationships for industrial drive and control technologies

Domain

Industrial machinery / Hydraulic systems / Manufacturing

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Technical understanding of hydraulic systems, Request for Quotation (RFQ) management, Supplier negotiation, Sampling coordination, Sourcing decision making, Cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

SAP proficiency, MS Office, Previous purchasing experience

Responsibilities

Create and track RFQs in Pilum, Conduct technical supplier discussions, Coordinate sampling with suppliers and technical departments, Prepare sourcing decisions in international markets, Support project buyers as an interface between business unit and suppliers, Represent purchasing in product development process (PEP)

Seniority

Graduate / Entry-level

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