Order Progressor and Assistant Buyer

Do you want to work for a company who have an amazing benefits package which includes 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a holiday purchase scheme where employees can buy an extra 5 days annual leave?

We are an international engineering and manufacturing company who are looking to recruit an additional Order Progressor and Assistant Buyer to join our UK Head Office based in Yateley working as part of the materials control, purchasing and planning departments from our modern site covering the design, manufacture, installation, repair, maintenance and support of a wide client base UK and overseas.

We would welcome applications from candidates currently working within a sales administration, order progression, purchasing, stock, buying, expediting or similar role within an engineering or manufacturing company who are now seeking the opportunity to further their career or move onto a larger organisation who can offer international experience and develop your existing skills.

This role offers the opportunity to be part of a team of 7 reporting directly into the Purchasing Team Leader. Working 37.5 hours a week Monday to Friday with an early finish on Fridays, we offer a competitive salary, plus bonus scheme, free onsite parking, full benefits package and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and a range of company well being incentives.

We are a market leader in our field with clients within the oil and gas, marine and defence sectors. Our UK Head Office contains our cutting-edge technology engineering site plus our Head Office functions.

The Order Progressor and Assistant Buyer manages the Supplier Purchase Order expediting process, including actioning exception messages in order to satisfy the internal Sales Forecast, customer, engineering and stock requirements. To manage the purchasing process for allocated products/services.

The key duties are:

• Generate and send out all Supplier Order books weekly. Update Syspro Purchase Orders with responses upon receipt of supplier delivery updates. Action Material Requirement Planning driven Re-schedule messages, including re-schedule in/out, cancellations.
• Action Material Requirement Planning driven Re-schedule messages, including re schedule in/out, cancellations.
• Manage Supplier Acknowledgements, including verification and then updating of acknowledgement against Purchase Order.
• To communicate directly with Suppliers to expedite Purchase Orders and understand the reasons for any delays.
• Develop and manages supplier relationships.
• To work closely with and escalate to the relevant Buyer, any challenging supplier delivery delays and any supplier communication issues.
• To represent the Purchasing Department in the weekly Sales Order/Production Meeting, including preparation of answers on external shortages.
• Work closely with the Planning Team to manage and communicate supplier shortages for Production.
• Manage Supplier On Time Delivery Reporting, working towards achieving the set targets. To process Non-Stock Purchase Requisitions and convert into Purchase Orders.
• To ensure accurate records are kept within Syspro for Stock Coded Items, including updating lead time and cost.
• To process Non-Stock Purchase Requisitions and convert into Purchase Orders.
• Action Requests for Quotations.
• Place Purchase Orders against Stock items for allocated Portfolio of categories via Materials Requirement Planning Buy messages in Syspro.
• Help to co-ordinate and process any New Supplier Approvals when required.
• Participation in Improvement activities within the Purchasing Team.
• Opportunity for career progression via CIPS Qualification

To be successful you should have previous work experience in a fast paced role, ideally within manufacturing, engineering, logistics or similar that includes order progression and chasing/expediting of parts or stock to ensure manufacturing targets are met to meet customer order delivery deadlines, strong PC skills excel and ideally an MRP system. Experience of order processing, expediting/chasing orders for parts or complete orders from suppliers in the UK and Overseas.

In return we can offer the chance to progress your career within an international company, excellent benefits, generous salary plus bonus and free parking when on site.

Please submit your CV asap for immediate consideration