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Purchasing Manager – Piping Products | Westwood Business Park, Southampton | Full Time | £40,000 pa + DOE – to be reviewed after 3 months' probation period
Our client is a very well-established mechanical engineering organisation offering complete project services to a variety of industries including Petro-Chemical, Oil & Gas, Power, Water and Pharmaceutical. Our client prides themselves in delivering high-end solutions to client-specific requirements with a high emphasis on safety & quality assurance.
Our client is looking for a Procurement Lead that can multi–task the many areas of procurement within their busy engineering and site installation team.
The position offers the opportunity to develop career goals and manage a team in the long term.
Are you the right person for the job?
- Previous Procurement / Purchasing experience is essential
- Experience with Piping products (Pipes, Fittings, flanges and material grades) within the Oil and Gas industry
- Piping and Steelwork specifications experience advantageous
- Strong negotiation skills advantageous
- You must be computer literate with working knowledge of Word & Excel.
- Have a high level of mathematical/numerical competency
- Be a strong communicator along with strong administration skills
What will your role look like?
- Liaise with the Estimating department to obtain quotations for materials and subcontractor services for client tender submissions
- Liaise with the Production team to procure materials and subcontract services for each fabrication project at the outset
- Liaise with the Site Installation Manager to ensure plant hire and sub–contract services are procured and delivered promptly for the commencement of a site project
- Ensure plant hire does not exceed the commercial costs detailed on the system
- A strong understanding of working within the budgetary constraints set out on the estimating department's costing system
- Ensure that the purchase orders raised meet the materials and or service provision required.
- Support the accounts department in identifying discrepancies found between the original purchase order raised and the invoice received
- Working with the Quality Department to ensure all material certification is requested within the procurement process and is delivered to the company promptly to ensure materials can be checked in
- Maintaining and building strong business relationships with long and short-term suppliers
What can you expect in return?
- 25 days holiday entitlement (Excluding bank holidays)
- Company sick pay
- Company progression
- Training opportunities
- Free Onsite Parking
- Close to local transport
- No weekends
- No bank holidays
- Christmas shutdown
- Holiday entitlement
- Training and development
- Pension
- Salary reviews
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