Purchasing Coordinator

Purchasing Coordinator

St Mellons - fully on site 5 days per week

£28,000 p/a plus excellent benefits

The Purchasing Coordinator is responsible for procuring goods and services to ensure timely delivery, aligned with the production schedule's needs. This role is key to upholding the purchasing policy, including adherence to the contract review process, which must be completed and returned within the assigned 48-hour timeframe.

Purchasing Coordinator Benefits:

• Salary up to £28,000 p/a depending on experience.
• Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week 7.30am - 4pm Monday to Thursday, 7.30am - 2pm Friday.
• Fully office based in St Mellons.
• Generous contributory pension scheme.
• 33 days annual leave (includes 8 days statutory bank holidays).
• Employee support package.
• Free car parking,
• Investment in employees through learning and development.

Purchasing Coordinator Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain regular contact with suppliers to resolve any problems to meet production requirements.
• Monitor purchase orders daily to ensure that materials are confirmed, delivered on time, at the agreed price, within agreed specification and comply with the company's quality standards.
• Work with suppliers to investigate any material or delivery issues, to seek resolution to minimise impact on production and to customers.
• Raise supplier complaints for material non-conformances when required and ensure suppliers provide root cause analyses and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Take part in stock count activities as requested.
• Maintain database to manage stock levels and costings.
• Provide coverage for the Procurement Officer by raising subcontract purchase orders and fulfilling other duties as required.
• Process supplier contract review forms when providing cover, checking materials received against job requirements.
• Order materials not in stock for specific jobs as necessary.
• Liaise with the scheduling team during the contract review process, ensuring they are informed of material delays and the scheduled jobs that may be affected.
• Work with Accounts to resolve invoice queries.
• Undertake other duties as required to support the purchasing function and overall business operations.

For immediate consideration, please forward your CV to Kayleigh at Vibe Recruit today.

Vibe Recruit is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Vibe Recruit is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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