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Procurement Officer - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - First Achieve

First Achieve

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

First Achieve Recruitment have a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement Officer, in the Edinburgh region.

You will be working within a prestigious company, who have been established since the 1800's, they have state-of-the-art facilities & are heavily involved in Global Manufacturing.

The role will be paying in the region of £30,000 - £34,000 per annum.

To support the business' strategy by assisting in the development and management of a supply chain that delivers components, goods, services, and solutions on time, within budget and at the requisite quality.

Role:

Use the designated system, IFS, to work towards raising, getting approved and sending purchase orders to suppliers.
Enter and amend data on IFS in a timely manner ensuring data accuracy in all areas including and involving: Close monitoring of stock levels
Working with the Purchasing team to review and update price lists
Maintaining purchase order information
Ensuring that supplier contact details are always kept up to date.
Request quotations from suppliers for manufactured components, subassemblies and services.
Respond to external enquiries regarding purchase orders and associated deliveries.
Liaise with suppliers to progress orders to meet internal customer needs.
Liaise with suppliers to resolve any discrepancies, seeking assistance and guidance from members of the
Purchasing team when required.
Provide day to day support to the Purchasing team and respond to internal enquiries from other departments
Expediting all purchase orders to ensure parts are received on time
Ensuring all relative purchase order paperwork is received to enable entry into stock
Ensuring all ISO and other relative supplier qualifications are kept up to date.
Assist with the Coordination of Core Supplier monthly reports and quarterly reviews
Negotiate cost and lead times for new and existing parts
Play a role in the ongoing development of the Procurement element of the IFS ERP system.
Experience of working in a busy procurement role with the ability to organise tasks and prioritise your workload
Will have excellent communication and interpersonal and relationship building skills and be an effective team member
IT Literate with working knowledge and experience of MS Office packages and confident in learning to use and work with Inhouse systems.
Have strong attention to detail.
Selfmotivated with the ability to work on own initiative.
CIPS qualified (preferably level 3 minimum) or willing to work towards.