Job Title: Purchasing Administrator
Location: Bournemouth
Salary: £20k – £25k per annum DOE
Contract: Fulltime, permanent
Spherea UK, part of the Spherea Group of Companies, is a cross-industry provider of complex test systems; providing solutions to the major Aerospace, Defence & Space Primes as well as the platform manufacturers and defence contractors.
Our mission is to test the world and enable our clients to validate their new products & technologies and commercialise them more quickly and more cost-effectively. With an outstanding pedigree and test in our DNA we are involved in an unlimited field of applications and industries that can range from commercial aircrafts, light armoured military vehicles, helicopters, battle tanks, space platforms, nuclear power stations control systems and even complete metro systems. Whether our customers are at the qualification, production or maintenance stages we deliver the right solution to meet the requirements of their ambitious programmes.
Spherea has headquarters in Bournemouth, with its Head Office in Toulouse (France). Our working environment is safe, inclusive, promotes growth and is Carbon Neutral.
About the role;
We require a Purchasing Administrator to support our purchasing function with all of our day-to-day buying requirements.
Material spend and volume purchasing on projects within the UK branch is at a high level, and combined with our demanding customer requirements we need an extremely organised individual in this role. The successful incumbent will have an excellent attention to detail, and the ability to save time, costs, and improve the overall quality of what we deliver.
Missions & Responsibilities
- The placing of Purchase Orders via online portals, websites and emails direct to suppliers
- Ensuring through negotiations that the best possible terms and price are achieved with suppliers
- Internal and external purchasing progress monitoring and chasing
- Assisting with new business activities including pricing, quoting & estimating
- Flowing customer, quality, and legislative requirements to suppliers (eg ISO 9001)
- New supplier research, suggestion, down-selection, and on-boarding
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned
- Where possible try to take advantage of international price agreements negotiated by our Parent Company
Key Skills
- 2 to 4 years of purchasing activities (may consider a Buying/Procurement Graduate)
- Very good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Excel)
- Extremely IT Literate
- Use of ERP / MRP / Purchasing Database
- Analytical and organised
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Self Starter, highly motivated, able to work under pressure and under minimal supervision
- Negotiation skills
Desirable Skills
- Purchasing of engineering components, in particular electronic and electrical
- Experience of Sage (or similar business systems, ie SAP)
- Working within the Aerospace, Defence, or other High Technology Industries
- Capture, Analysis and Presentation of supplier performance data
- Understanding of Purchasing for Projects within a manufacturing environment
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Training Budget and opportunities for advancement
- Annual Bonus
- Generous Pension Scheme (4% EE & 8% ER)
- Full Family Healthcare Plan
- Family Cash Plan
- Cycle scheme
- 27 Days Holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- The ability to work remotely (after a qualifying period)
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; administrator, purchasing administrator, buyer, buying co-ordinator, buying assistant, procurement assistant, shopfloor co-ordinator, project administrator, engineering assistant, and engineering administrator, may also be considered for this role.
