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An excellent opportunity for a Purchasing Administrator who wants to join ourmarket leadingfamily-owned business based in the heart of Shropshire, founded on an ethos of providing solutions for safer roads.
Simmonsigns, established in 1985, offers our customers a diverse range of high-quality products including illuminated and non-illuminatedroad traffic bollards, signs andsign lights,school warning lights, Belisha beacons andpedestrian crossing lights, posts andsubway lighting, all of which combine our latest low energy LED technologies to support the environment and offer a low cost of ownership for road safety solutions. We are ISO9001 & ISO 14001 certified.
Benefits for a Purchasing Administrator:
- Competitive salary
- 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment
Purchasing Administrator Position Overview:
- To ensure the supply of product into the company, in line with manufacturing plans that fulfil the requirements of the customer, on time and in full.
- To manage stock levels in line with company budgets, minimising obsolescence and managing the purchasing process to minimise the batch size on slow moving items.
- To support the NPI of new product
- To support the Engineering Change Process in the supply chain, from supplier to line, minimising stock holding and ensuring disposition of any affected raw materials
- Management of sub-contractors, job raising, order placement etc
- Management of non-direct material/service contractor process, ensuring scheduled maintenance and contract renewals are completed on time.
- To ensure conformance to all company Quality and Environmental Policies, and compliance with CE and other statutory legal requirements
Key Responsibilities of a Purchasing Administrator:
- Building professional relationships with suppliers
- Ensuring orders are placed in a timely manner.
- Negotiating prices, batch sizes, stock holding agreements etc.
- Stock Level Management
- Establishing purchasing parameters
- Managing supplier returns (rejections, over deliveries etc)
- Consumable stock level management
- NPI and Engineering Change management
- Manage the introduction of new products into stores.
- Supporting and mentoring team members
Skills and Qualifications required of a Purchasing Administrator:
- Ability to plan and organise activities.
- Work as a team member, relating to internal and external customers, persuading people to take a course of action, communicating, taking care of people, handling people problems, and assessing, training and developing teams.
- Analyse and interpret data.
- Handle numerical and financial data.
- Understand and enforce company policies, procedures, technical processes and systems.
- Understand the business and the economic, social and political environment in which the organisation functions.
- CIPS qualified or relevant experience
Join our team and contribute to our ambitious growth plans while advancing your career in a dynamic and innovative industry. Apply now!
