Purchaser – Croydon

Spitfire Staffing is currently recruiting on behalf of one of our well established and successful clients in Croydon.

Due to further success and an upturn in business, they are looking for reliable and hard-working candidates to join the team.

The Role:

• Plan and manage procurement of materials to support the company’s overhaul and repair services on site as well as for spare parts sales to end users.
• As an experienced buyer take ownership of procurement projects to support specific parts of the business.
• Lead and mentor other buyers as required
• Develop the performance of the local supply chain initially to improve performance in the supply of materials to our legacy product ranges, mainly from engineering machine shops
• Source new suppliers as required to improve overall performance
• Actively participate with Sales and Projects and be accountable for purchasing deliverables ensuring they are accomplished with suppliers in support of active projects
• Be the official communication link between the project team and the supplier in terms of project related contractual documentation (tender, order, drawings, changes, additional scope of work, and if required invoicing issues etc.)
• Coordinate, if necessary, with internal support teams to assist the supplier in delivering the service / product.

Details:

• Up to £38,000 to £44,000pa (depending on experience)
• Permanent
• Monday to Friday
• 36.5 Working week

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5-10 years’ experience of purchasing from engineering machine shops.
• Experience of working in an Engineering (mechanical) environment is essential.
• Degree qualified and membership of CIPS advantageous
• Knowledge of value chain management, as well as procurement and supply management principles and practices
• Experience of working in a multi-site group of companies with extensive intercompany purchasing
• Experience of an ERP system essential, current system used is Microsoft Dynamics (Navision) but moving to SAP4/Hana within 2 years, training will be given.
• Must possess a strong customer service orientation and sense of urgency
• Ability to travel throughout the UK with some European travel