Engineering Purchaser   
Milton Keynes

Monday-Friday Days

£33,000-£35,000

Benefits:-    

• 31 Days Holiday, Discounted Company Shares Scheme
• 5% Matched Private Pension & Life Assurance
• BUPA Private Healthcare
• Staff Discounts, Subsidised Canteen, Car & Bike Schemes, Team/Family Events
• Engineering Skills Matrix Training & Development Plans for all Engineers

Our client is a leading food manufacturing company, the site is part of a larger national organisation. Due to growth and further expansion within the engineering team, they are looking for an Engineering Purchaser for their busy maintenance spares/parts area.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for ensuring spare parts for maintenance and servicing are in stock & payments made
• Purchase engineering equipment & parts to agreed spec, on time, in full and at the best cost
• Identify areas where cost and waste can be reduced
• Responsible for stores administration, financial reporting & admin
• Process PO’s in an accurate and timely manner to the finance teams
• Develop strong working relationships with suppliers
• Carry out stock take of the engineering stores
• Work closely with the engineering stores manager to create better stock flow & control
• Control spares costs and report on any higher costings or discontinued

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Have previous working experience as an engineering purchaser
• Ideally have food manufacturing experience
• Strong financial & purchasing skills
• Beneficial if worked in an engineering maintenance function
• Good IT skills, with strong Microsoft Excel experience
• Approaches tasks with a can-do attitude with the ability to create solutions to problems
• Worked closely with finance teams, looking at costings, raising PO’s
• Need to be a methodical character & good communicator
• Able to learn new IT systems quickly
• Good attention to detail
• Ideally have experience of conducting engineering parts stock takes

“To apply please email your CV / resume to [ chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk ]”. – Chris Gumm – 01908 010 438