Buyer / Procurement Coordinator

**Ref no.**
- BHN568963**Salary**
- £30,000 - £40,000/annum**Location**
- Alton, England**Start date**
- ASAP**Job type**
- Permanent**Job status**
- Open**Job summary**:
Successful engineering business requires a Buyer / Procurement Coordinator. Applicants need purchasing, materials control or supply chain experience within a manufacturing or engineering business.

**Key skills required for this role**:
Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement, Materials Control, Supply Chain

**Important**:
Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement, Materials Control, Supply Chain

**Job description**:
Successful engineering business requires a Buyer / Procurement Coordinator. Applicants need purchasing, materials control or supply chain experience within a manufacturing or engineering business.

The Buyer / Procurement Coordinator will liaise between the supply chain and in-house engineering/design colleagues to ensure continuity of supply of materials and services into the facility. Working closely with the company MRP system, the Buyer / Procurement Coordinator will look to foster strong and commercially sound relationships with suppliers.

Specific duties of the Buyer / Procurement Coordinator include:

- Maintain supplier, part and product data in the company MRP/ERP system
- Supplier Relationship Management - monitor supplier delivery against OTD/OTIF metrics
- Research potential new suppliers - supply market intelligence activities in collaboration with colleagues
- Investigate new sources of supply - initiate early stage tender processes, with new and existing suppliers
- Collaborate with colleagues in Engineering, Design and Production

Buyer / Procurement Coordinator applicants should meet the following criteria:

- Experience in purchasing as a Buyer, Procurement Coordinator, Materials Control or Supply Chain
- Familiarity with engineering and manufacturing environment
- Previous knowledge of machining, or suppliers of engineered components would be advantageous
- Experience of MRP, ERP systems
- An understanding of BOMs and basic engineering drawings would be advantageous