PURCHASING SUPERVISOR - VR/30912

Status: Permanent
Location: Kintore, Aberdeenshire
Rate: Available Upon Request
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Purchasing Supervisor to join a well-established company based in Kintore. This permanent role offers hybrid working and a 37.5-hour working week. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring the cost-effective and timely procurement of direct and indirect parts, as well as repairable components, supporting stock availability, urgent demands, and scheduled maintenance needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Coordinating the purchase, provisioning (including rental, leasing, PBH agreements, and direct purchasing), and supply of parts to maintain stock levels and meet operational requirements.
• Minimising costs while ensuring a safe, efficient supply chain, promoting cost-awareness among staff, and supporting core returns and repairs.
• Communicating lead time changes and part availability issues to relevant managers, ensuring smooth operations.
• Providing daily updates to operations on the movement of critical parts and liaising with Maintenance Planning to ensure timely receipt of components.
• Collaborating with departments to ensure accurate and timely invoice payments.
• Supervising employees, providing performance feedback, and ensuring training and development needs are met.
• Developing and maintaining departmental KPIs, ensuring the team is adequately resourced to fulfil operational needs efficiently.
• Building and managing relationships with suppliers, establishing strategic partnerships to minimise financial risks and improve supply chain stability.
• Working with Compliance to review NCRs related to part supply and monitoring supplier performance.

APPLICANTS TO THIS ROLE REQUIRE:

• Experience of working in a technical purchasing environment.
• Experience of supervising a team
• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of building relationships and collaborating with leadership, management, and both internal and external stakeholders.
• Fair and consistent in assigning tasks and responsibilities, providing clear instructions and guidance to others.
• Decisive and analytical, weighing alternatives and considering both short and long-term implications before making resolute decisions.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, analysing issues effectively to determine and implement appropriate solutions.
• Highly collaborative, working closely with all stakeholders to achieve results and ensuring that others are kept informed throughout the process.
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