Purchasing Coordinator

Survitec Group Ltd.


Date: 1 day ago
City: Ellesmere Port, England
Contract type: Full time
Vacancy Title: Purchasing Coordinator

Vacancy Location: Ellesmere Port

Engagement Type: 6-month FTC

Your Company

Survitec are the world’s largest survival technology provider. For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.

Today, we are a global community of 3,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.

That's why the world's leading maritime, defence & government, energy and aerospace organisations trust us when it matters most and why we have been awarded the Gold Award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

Your New Role

Are you happy contacting suppliers and customers, chasing and expediting orders? Do you have experience in a manufacturing environment? If so, our RFD Beaufort Division seeks a Purchasing Coordinator to be based at our Ellesmere Port site on a temporary 6 month FTC basis to join our team. Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the Purchasing Coordinator will focus on data management updates in the ERP system and building relationships with suppliers in order to resolve queries.

What You Can Expect From The Role

Key Responsibilities of the Purchasing Coordinator:

  • Builds sound working relationships with allocated suppliers, ensuring buying is carried out within key supplier relationship terms. Contacts suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries.
  • Responds to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes or cancellation.
  • Updating data in our IFS ERP system.
  • Checks shipments to ensure orders have been fulfilled accurately and meet specifications; compares supplier quotes and bills to ensure accuracy and approves bills for payment.
  • Prepares purchase orders and other supplier communications, ensuring all Survitec systems are updated to ensure accurate tracking of spend.
  • Utilises the central preferred supplier database, ensuring accurate recording of delivery and quality specifications. Compiles spend reports accurately, providing operations and commodity managers with accurate and timely overviews of supplier spend and performance .
  • Resolves queries from internal customers or external suppliers, providing information on processes and related policies, escalating as needed to resolve complex issues.

Essential Criteria

The Experience and Skills You Will Have

  • Purchasing/Manufacturing environment experience
  • Experience of using an ERP system (we use IFS)
  • Educated to High School level

Why You Should Work for Us

  • 33 days holidays including public holidays
  • Additional day off to celebrate your birthday
  • Hybrid Working Policy
  • Early finish on Friday!
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Life Assurance up to 4X salary
  • Pension Scheme
  • Training & Professional Development Opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme

How To Apply

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If you would like more information regarding this role before applying, please feel free to reach out to us via Linked In or via [email protected].

Survitec is an equal opportunities employer. Our diverse global workforce protects lives, every single day. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive culture where our people feel valued appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Because, to provide service and excellence to our customers we must mirror their diversity. But more importantly because it is the right thing to do.

At Survitec, we want you to have the best possible interview experience with us and we are also committed to creating an inclusive environment. We are happy to make any necessary accommodations to ensure you can showcase your skills to the best of your ability, should you require any reasonable adjustments, please don't hesitate to let us know.
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