Purchasing Coordinator
hace 2 días
Hounslow
Purchasing Co-Ordinator Location: West London / Middlesex area Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time Salary: Competitive, depending on experience We’re working with a well-established precision engineering company supplying into the aerospace sector, and they’re now looking to add a Purchasing Co-Ordinator to their team. This is a great opportunity for someone with previous purchasing, procurement, supply chain or production administration experience within a manufacturing environment, ideally precision engineering or aerospace. The role will involve supporting day-to-day procurement activity, managing supplier communication, raising purchase orders, monitoring deliveries, and helping ensure materials and subcontract services are in place to support production. Key responsibilities: • Raise and manage purchase orders in line with production schedules and MRP requirements, • Liaise with suppliers to obtain quotations, negotiate pricing, and confirm lead times, • Monitor orders and follow up on delays or supply issues, • Maintain accurate supplier and purchasing records, • Support supplier performance monitoring across cost, quality and delivery, • Coordinate with production, engineering, quality and operations teams, • Assist with stock control and inventory-related activity, • Help resolve invoice discrepancies with suppliers and finance, • Support wider production control and office administration where needed, • Communicate schedule updates and help manage changing customer requirements What we’re looking for: • Previous experience in a purchasing, procurement, supply chain, planning or production support role, • Experience within manufacturing, engineering, aerospace or a production environment, • Good communication and negotiation skills, • Strong organisation and attention to detail, • Able to manage multiple priorities in a busy environment, • Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook, • ERP / MRP experience would be a strong advantage, • Engineering or production knowledge would be beneficial Desirable: • Experience working with subcontract suppliers, • Familiarity with aerospace standards or regulated industries, • CIPS qualification, or working towards it, • Knowledge of production planning / scheduling processes Additional information: • This is an office-based role within a manufacturing environment, • Some flexibility on hours may be available, but the successful person would need to be on site for part of each working day, • Core hours are Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 4:30pm and Friday 7:30am – 1:30pm, • The site is located within the ULEZ zone Why apply? • Join a specialist engineering business working in a high-quality aerospace environment, • Varied role with exposure across purchasing, production support and supplier coordination, • Opportunity to play an important part in keeping production moving efficiently, • Stable permanent opportunity within a growing precision engineering business If you have experience in purchasing, procurement or supply chain support within manufacturing and would like to hear more, apply today for a confidential discussion