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Copello have partnered with an established defence engineering business based in Havant in the recruitment of a Project Purchaser.
Please note that candidates must be eligible for SC Clearance.
Asthe Purchasing Team Leader, your work will focus on these responsibilities:
- Responsible for the day-to-day operational Procurement team
- Responsible for the tactical execution of both direct and Indirect purchasing
- Manage day to day team issues ensuring escalation where necessary
- People development and driving the growth of skills and knowledge within the procurement team
- Supporting the Supply Chain Manager in meeting the supply chain KPIs and initiatives
- Ensuring all requests for purchase are actioned in a timely manner and the department delivers the required service to all internal customers
- Negotiating and placing Purchase Orders (POs), ensuring reporting and delivery promises are maintained by vendors with information communicated to the purchaser
- Managing relationships with existing suppliers
- Alongside the Supply Chain Manager, consolidate and leverage direct and indirect spend
- Reviewing and negotiating payment terms
- Managing supplier performance to ensure output is in line with SLAs and KPIs
- Proactively manage the performance and development of the Purchasing Team
To be successful in this role, we expect you to have:
- Previous experience of working in a purchasing environment, including being able to demonstrate the use of best practice
- Strong Manufacturing experience
- Previous SAP MRP experience
- The ability to communicate well with others and encouraging others in the team to do the same is essential
- Proven leadership, decision making, and organisational skills are a must
- Ability to interrogate data to identify problems and action improvement activities
For more information please get in touch with Ella on (phone number removed).
