Purchasing Officer

We're looking for an ambitious, hardworking and experienced Purchasing Officer to join our team at Safran Aerosystems UK.

The successful candidate will possess excellent time management skills, be very punctual with the ability to meet deadlines, be detail-orientated and self-motivated.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review missing parts daily using in house system (M3 and Missing Management File) to ensure stock levels are maintained and spares/parts are ordered on time.
• Place orders within SAO branch including OEM and repair centres overseas, liaising with department managers and supervisors to ensure correct parts are ordered. Sourcing via third party suppliers when no internal option is available.
• Checking daily DOR (Distribution Order Records) to late distribution orders from Safran central warehousing.
• Receive and collate requests from internal departments for consumables, tooling, cleaning supplies, stationery etc.
• Creating purchase requests on internal system (PEGA), following up and liaising with relevant approving managers, sending PO’s to suppliers or requesting manager
• Setting up new suppliers on Safran SharePoint system ensuring all new supplier data is accurate and following up with internal stakeholders.
• Processing orders when approval has been received and sending to suppliers, liaising with suppliers to confirm lead times, deliveries and processing order acknowledgements.
• Liaising and assisting with Logistics team on receiving goods in and shipping goods out.
• Goods distribution to departments across the company.
• Subcontract orders for pack-boards and water/waste systems in line with agreed timescales, raising order and ensuring documentation is attached, liaising with workshop supervisors/technicians to ensure products are collected on-time from the workshop by the sub-contractor.
• Processing order requests for workshop Chemicals, following internal HSE process to confirm Chemical Validation, liaising with HSE where required, advising requester where Chemical is not validated and declining request.
• Researching approved suppliers for best price/stock availability, maintaining supplier relationships and contracts.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Requesting for pricing to be added onto the system for any parts with missing prices, liaising with Spares Front Office to ensure this is completed.
• Attend daily workshop meeting, when Supply Chain Manager is absent, with Supervisors and Workshop Manager to assist in missing spares queries and other purchasing requests.
• Run internal reporting/KPI’s for management team when Supply Chin Manager is absent.
• Assisting with customs clearance for import/export of goods when Supply Chain Manager is absent.
• Completion of any other additional tasks assigned by the Supply Chain Manager.

Experience required:

Essential:

• Previous experience working as a Purchasing Officer
• Previous experience in other procurement systems
• GSCE
• Microsoft office (Excel, Word)
• Hard working, can do approach, working for deadlines and flexibility for overtime if needed.
• Flexibility to learn and take non procurement tasks

Purchasing Officer Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days’ holiday (increasing with length of service after 3 years, and then after every further 2 years’ service up to a maximum of 31 days) plus bank holidays
• Health cash plan
• Up tp 4% Profit Share
• Pension scheme – you will choose to contribute either 4% or 6% and we will contribute 5% or 8.5% depending on the level chosen
• Life assurance – 8x annual salary
• Company sick pay – you will be eligible for our company sick pay scheme after 6 months’ employment
• Income protection scheme
• Company events

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Profit sharing
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Braintree: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (required)

Experience:

• Purchasing Officer: 1 year (required)
• Procurement: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/04/2023
Reference ID: Purchasing Officer
Expected start date: 10/04/2023