Purchaser (Temp)

JMC Aviation are working with a FBO company based in Stansted, looking to recruit a new Temporary Purchaser to join their team on a fixed term basis.

This is a Temporary Position based in Stansted.
Working Monday - Friday (08:30 - 17:00) on a fixed term basis (ending 30th April 2025)

Salary and Benefits

- Competitive Salary

- Generous Annual Leave

- Pension Scheme

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Life Assurance

- Employee Cash Plan

- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Schemes

- Professional Growth and Development

- State-of-the-Art Equipment and Technology

- Ongoing Training and Certification Programmes

- Career Advancement Opportunities

The Role

The primary purpose of this role is to carry out purchase of aircraft parts, related materials and services to support on-time delivery of aircraft coming to the site for maintenance.

Other duties involve:
- Purchasing a wide range of aircraft parts, materials and related equipment

- Timely placement of purchase orders and delivery of parts in line with operational requirements.

- Secure material delivery progress by chasing vendors and logistics providers in order to secure aircraft on time delivery.

- Maintaining inventory levels within approved guidelines.

- Resolving and investigating supply chain errors

- Creating and updating daily shortage reports.

- Continually improving purchasing methods in a bid to drive down external spend.

- Assisting in developing and implementing policies and procedures for Materials Purchasing

- Identifying new suppliers including discount structures and volume rebates.

- Providing clearance information to the responsible courier / freight forwarder for all imports

- Out of hours AOG support as and when required.

- Occasional weekend work support might be required.

Skills and experience required.

In order to be successful in this role the Purchaser will need to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role in an aviation purchasing environment.

- Experience with logistics and import/export regulations is preferred.

- Computer literate with experience in ERP software and Microsoft Office.

- Excellent organisational and communication skills.

- Full Clean UK Driving Licence - due to location

- Right to live and work in the UK

For this opportunity JMC Aviation Ltd is acting as an employment agency.