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We are actively recruiting a Purchasing Coordinator for busy manufacturing business who design and install a range bespoke automation systems for clients in the UK and Europe.
Role overview
- Suppliers development for pricing, component availability and delivery schedules.
- Request quotes from suppliers and ensuring that purchases are made in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Assisting with negotiating prices and payment terms with suppliers on larger projects.
- Preparing purchase orders
- Identify delivery problems and be proactive in resolving delivery issues.
- Liaise with our technical and production teams regarding unavailable parts and components and ensure contingency plans are available
- Assist in maintaining inventory stock levels, ensuring that products are in stock and available.
- Providing administrative support to the management team by preparing reports and maintaining files.
- Assist and oversea the update of assembly schedule with correct pricing information. Ensure project costs are fed back and updated for job performance analysis.
- Monitor projects for over spend and highlight any overspending.
- Pricing updates for the sales team to enable fast and accurate quotations for the future.
- Maintain annual price updates from suppliers and manage updates to Sage.
- Assist in controlling all expenditure within the business including building utility contracts and consumables.
The Person
You will need to have experience within a Purchasing role within an engineering or technical manufacturing environment of at least 5 years and ideally with CIPS qualification.
- Organised with excellent planning and forecasting skills
- Be commercially awareness.
- It would be useful to be able to interpret basic technical drawings and have an interest and experience in technical equipment.
- Quick learner to understand our products and components for purchasing
- Experience of Sage accounts and purchasing software (full training will be provided)
- Good IT skills - Microsoft Office (Excel and Word)
- Excellent communication skills and team player
- Leadership experience to lead an assistant administrator and work together towards the department’s goals.
- Excellent communication skills, and the ability to identify problems and work together with the right people to find solutions.
Excellent opportunity to join an established and busy manufacturing business.n
