Purchasing Officer

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

· 22 Days holiday plus statutory

· Private healthcare

· Death in Service

· Outstanding employee assistance programme