Purchasing Officer
WB Power Service is proudly part of The Wilmott Group and is a leading generator specialist that provides solutions, maintenance, sales and hire to customers across the UK. This is a superb opportunity for Purchasing Officer to join the business through this rapid period of growth. The business is looking for a driven and motivated Purchasing Officer to support the team through these exciting times.
We are a family owned and run business and truly hold our values at the heart of everything we do offering a unique and friendly place of work; whilst maintaining the highest of professional standards.
The Role
· Be an ambassador for the new Procurement function
· Build and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders
· Drive high performance of the entire Supply Chain
· Process Purchase requests and place Purchase Orders with Suppliers
· Ensure all procurement activities are conducted in accordance with established procedures, local laws and regulations and direction from Senior Management
· Communicate effectively with suppliers regarding purchase order commitments and drive OTIF
· Obtain quotations from existing and new potential new suppliers
· Negotiate with suppliers regarding some commercial conditions
· Transform purchase requests to purchase orders to an agreed service level
· Confirm purchase orders with suppliers
· Communicate any difficulties or delays back to the business through agreed channels
· Maintain master data on system(s) and in other locations
· Create new part numbers
· Analyse and resolve invoice queries with suppliers
The Person
· Minimum of 2 years’ experience in similar position
· Experience in a manufacturing environment is essential
· Procurement or Supply/Chain related qualification such as CIPS would be advantageous
· Basic knowledge of MS Office i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word etc
· Experience with any major ERP system is desirable
· Able to work autonomously on processes with agreed service levels
· Service and solution orientated
· Basic analytical skills
What we offer
· £27,500- £32,000
· 22 Days holiday plus statutory
· Private healthcare
· Death in Service
· Outstanding employee assistance programme