General Description:
Working with the purchasing team to ensure all direct and indirect materials are available on time and purchased at the most cost-effective price. Ensure your allocated suppliers are performing to agreed KPI.
Main Duties:
- Sourcing and placement of orders for contract and non-contract items. Using appropriate MRP reports and manual requisitions.
- Negotiation lower pricing whenever possible.
- Maintenance of Supplier details on the MRP system and review of supplier performance.
- Responsible for monitoring supplier performance and developing improvement programmes.
- Maintenance of minimum stock levels against MRP requirements.
- Adjust component MRP parameters to achieve on time availability and appropriate batch sizes.
- Progress chasing outstanding PO’s in liaison with Production Control.
- Assist Stores personnel when required including stocktaking etc.
- Assist Production Control when required to progress work through the factory.
- Assist in other areas of the Company as required against reasonable requests.
Ancillary Duties:
To carry out such tasks and duties as may be required from time to time by Senior Management.
Qualifications and Experience:
- A qualification in Purchasing (CIPS) Desirable but not essential.
- If you don’t possess a CIPS qualification, would you have a willingness to obtain one that may include out of hours or distance learning?
- 3 years’ experience using MRP/ERP/SAP or similar and are you competent in its use for placing and reviewing Purchase Orders and updating parts and supplier or customer data?
- Experienced in supplier or customer management.
- Demonstrate a competency in the use of MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word & Outlook?
- Experience of working in a manufacturing environment (a marine manufacturing business would be an advantage).
- Possess a good level of Maths and English – Preferably 5 above in GCSE Maths & English or equivalent.
- Demonstrate a professional and entrepreneurial attitude to purchasing.
- Possess excellent communication and assertiveness skills
- Flexible and reliable
- Self-motivated and able to multi-task
- Demonstrate the ability to work under pressure to meet multiple project deadlines.
Personal Qualities/Attributes:
People skills
Strong business acumen/gravitas
Problem Solver
Assertiveness
Analytical approach to decisions
Effective Communicator including being a good Listener
Calmness in a crisis
