This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills in supplier engagement, negotiation, monitoring and measuring supplier performance whilst working closely with our Purchasing Manager to support managing the procurement relationships for materials and services to ensure that the company’s operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply within a timely manner.
You will be a strong administrator, highly organized and well planned to manage a demanding workload. With good communication skills, and a confident approach when dealing with suppliers especially with negotiating or with progress chasing whilst be a purchasing service provider for internal manufacturing management and colleagues.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Experience working within a manufacturing procurement team would be preferred with relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering qualifications would be advantageous.
· Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown within a manufacturing environment would be desirable.
· Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills.
· Proven experience of working closely with suppliers and negotiating price, quality and delivery.
· Evidence of meeting deliverables by adding value, reduce costs and input to business improvements.
· An understanding of manufacturing processes and components would be advantageous.
· Ability to read and understand engineering drawings would be beneficial but not essential.
· Experience of using an integrated MRP system using SAGE 200 and/or SICON would be beneficial.
· Excellent Microsoft Office knowledge specifically Excel.

Purchase Order Processing
· Purchase Orders: Raising routine purchase orders for production stock, R&D and ad hoc requirements with a focus on best quality, price and delivery.
· Delivery assurance: Monitor and expedite order deliveries and report any supplier delivery issues.
· Manage, optimise and continuously improve the purchasing relationship with suppliers for materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
Data Maintenance
· Maintain Supplier and component database, including price and specification updates from suppliers to ensure data is consistently updated in real time.
· Maintain supplier database with latest contact details for supplier base.
· Assist with stock take routines: preparation for and participation in periodic stock takes.
· Prepare reports and updates as and when required.
· Support with receipts of orders and booking in stock.
Management of Suppliers and Returns
· Report supplier performance issues for quality, timeliness and general performance.
· Sourcing and evaluating new suppliers.
· Report and return faulty/rejected goods to supplier and liaise with supplier to identify and resolve issues in a timely manner.