Buyer; 6 month contract; 37 hours a week; 21.38 per hour PAYE; Inside IR35

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Engineer to join a busy procurement and supply chain team based at a leading aerospace manufacturing facility near Preston. The jobholder will support the team with the following activities;
- Manage the Procure to Pay process, including on time order placement, enablement, on time delivery and on time invoice payments.
- Ensure adherence to Governance, Policy and Processes to achieve compliance to customer, product, legal and business requirement
- Support senior team members with orderbook reviews, invoice management and goods receiving queries
- Supporting timely placement of Purchase Orders whilst ensuring adherence to Supply Chain/Supplier governance such as supplier accreditations and export controls
- Updating delivery dates into multiple ERP systems to ensure data accuracy
- Effective customer relationship management maintaining strong, effective relationships
- Interfacing across the Air business and with other teams and functions, e.g. PM, Engineering, Commercial, Finance
- Adhering to Supply Chain/Supplier governance such as supplier accreditations and export controls
Assisting colleagues with ad hoc tasks

Essential / Desirable skills
- Procurement experience preferably in a high volume, fast paced aerospace or manufacturing market
- Supply Chain orderbook management experience
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- A proven ability to collaborate, fostering close & trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrative working understanding of tool sets and IT such as ERP systems,
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially EXCEL
- Ability to compile data, analyse and propose recommendations through reports and presentations
- Tableau dashboarding.

You will have excellent communication and team working skills able be able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

Buyer; vendor management; supply chain; procurement; purchasing; supplier management; risk management; negotiation; supplier performance; purchase orders; ERP systems; MS Office; influencing skills; shipping; ITAR; spares and repairs; RFQ; invoicing; SAP; Order book management; Infor LN