Purchasing Officer

As the MRO Buyer, you will be responsible for identifying and procuring goods and services across all indirect categories, with a strong focus on Maintenance, Repairs and Operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships.
• Manage and monitor contracts to ensure all parties meet their contractual obligations and best value is achieved. Drive service improvements from existing and new sources of supply.
• Improve spend controls, management reporting and KPIs, building a culture of long-term savings on procurement costs.
• Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements.
• Management of MRO spend.
• Implement and manage inventory of maintenance spares via SAP/MRP
• Reporting directly to the Procurement Manager but working closely with the wider Procurement team, Maintenance team, Head of Procurement, Finance & IT.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Ability to understand engineering/technical drawings is an advantage but not essential.
• Demonstrated experience procurement of MRO items and achieving TCO savings.
• Experience in contract management
• Experienced in managing supplier performance.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Knowledge & experience in working with SAP would be an advantage.
• Certificate Level from Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply while not essential is desirable.