Purchasing Coordinator

Purchasing Co-Ordinator
Location: West London / Middlesex area
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

We’re working with a well-established precision engineering company supplying into the aerospace sector, and they’re now looking to add a Purchasing Co-Ordinator to their team.

This is a great opportunity for someone with previous purchasing, procurement, supply chain or production administration experience within a manufacturing environment, ideally precision engineering or aerospace.

The role will involve supporting day-to-day procurement activity, managing supplier communication, raising purchase orders, monitoring deliveries, and helping ensure materials and subcontract services are in place to support production.

Key responsibilities:

• Raise and manage purchase orders in line with production schedules and MRP requirements
• Liaise with suppliers to obtain quotations, negotiate pricing, and confirm lead times
• Monitor orders and follow up on delays or supply issues
• Maintain accurate supplier and purchasing records
• Support supplier performance monitoring across cost, quality and delivery
• Coordinate with production, engineering, quality and operations teams
• Assist with stock control and inventory-related activity
• Help resolve invoice discrepancies with suppliers and finance
• Support wider production control and office administration where needed
• Communicate schedule updates and help manage changing customer requirements

What we’re looking for:

• Previous experience in a purchasing, procurement, supply chain, planning or production support role
• Experience within manufacturing, engineering, aerospace or a production environment
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Strong organisation and attention to detail
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a busy environment
• Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook
• ERP / MRP experience would be a strong advantage
• Engineering or production knowledge would be beneficial

Desirable:

• Experience working with subcontract suppliers
• Familiarity with aerospace standards or regulated industries
• CIPS qualification, or working towards it
• Knowledge of production planning / scheduling processes

Additional information:

• This is an office-based role within a manufacturing environment
• Some flexibility on hours may be available, but the successful person would need to be on site for part of each working day
• Core hours are Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 4:30pm and Friday 7:30am – 1:30pm
• The site is located within the ULEZ zone

Why apply?

• Join a specialist engineering business working in a high-quality aerospace environment
• Varied role with exposure across purchasing, production support and supplier coordination
• Opportunity to play an important part in keeping production moving efficiently
• Stable permanent opportunity within a growing precision engineering business

If you have experience in purchasing, procurement or supply chain support within manufacturing and would like to hear more, apply today for a confidential discussion.