Procurement Specialist

Job Description

Job title: Procurement Specialist

Company: JMC Aviation

Job description: JMC are working with a leading MRO company based in Saffron Walden, looking to recruit a new Procurement Speciailist to join their team.

This is a Permanent Position based in Saffron Walden.
Working 08:00 – 16:30, Monday- Friday.

Salary and Benefits

– Competitive Salary

– Annual Profit Share Scheme

– Overtime paid at 1.5 times hourly rate

– 29 days holiday including Bank Holidays

– Nationally recognised Training provided and career development opportunities

– Company Uniform Provided and all necessary PPE

– Employee Assistance Programme

The Role

The primary purpose of this role is to manage all aspects of purchasing to ensure all component parts and materials are available to production in order to maximise production output at the best negotiated purchase prices.

Other duties involve:

– Establish and implement purchasing policies, procedures, and best practices.

– Monitor ongoing compliance with purchasing policies and procedures.

– Direct procurement policies to ensure all items are purchased and delivered within budget and time constraints.

– Identify and source new suppliers and vendors.

– Manage vendor and supplier selection process based on price, quality, support, capacity, and reliability.

– Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers and vendors.

– Establish and update an approved vendor/supplier database.

– Develop, negotiate, and administer purchasing agreements and contracts with suppliers in support of organizational requirements.

– Evaluate contracts to ensure compliance with legal requirements and organizational policies.

– Measure and manage the vendor and supplier cost, quality, and delivery performance.

– Troubleshoot cost, quality, and delivery concerns.

– Manage risk relating to quality, cost, delivery, and supply of purchases.

– Work with relevant departments to manage minimum inventory requirements.

– Facilitate timely placement of purchase orders.

– Review purchase orders for proper authorization and compliance with organizational policy and procedures

– Develop and manage purchasing budgets and forecasts.

– Monitor and reduce purchase variances to meet profit objectives.

– Produce regular reports on purchase commitments, costs, and delivery performance.

– Oversee the operations and daily activities of the purchasing department.

– Adheres to all Company standard operating procedures.

– Adheres to all health and safety procedures.

– Meets customer service and quality standards.

– Ensures all administration and systems inputs meets agreed standards.

Skills and experience required

In order to be successful in this role the Procurement Specialist will need to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

– Experience in similar role within an Aviation MRO

– Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply

– Strong negotiation skills

– Strong networking skills

– IT literate with working knowledge of Excel and Word
– Right to live and work in the UK

To apply please click ‘apply now’ or alternatively get in touch with a member of the team at quoting the job reference for more information

Please note that due to the high level of applicants we will only be contacting shortlisted candidates regarding this role.

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

Expected salary:

Location: Saffron Walden, Essex

Job date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 07:58:21 GMT

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