Procurement & Purchasing Coordinator – Manufacturing

Confidential; Redhill; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Global is seeking a Purchasing Administrator in Redhill to support procurement of materials and services for manufacturing operations. You will process purchase orders, liaise with suppliers and internal teams, and help resolve invoice queries with accuracy and timeliness.

Experience in purchasing, procurement or supply chain admin within manufacturing or engineering is preferred. This on-site role offers a busy, collaborative environment and opportunities to improve buying processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Procurement, Purchasing or Supply Chain Administration role.
• Manufacturing/engineering environment experience is advantageous.
• Good understanding of purchase orders, supplier management and purchasing processes.

Responsibilities

• Raise, process, monitor and expedite purchase orders in line with procedures.
• Maintain relationships with suppliers; communicate order confirmations and delivery schedules.
• Chase outstanding orders to minimise disruption to production schedules.
• Support Goods In to resolve delivery discrepancies and booking issues.
• Assist with inventory monitoring to meet production requirements.
• Process internal purchase requisitions and convert to POs where appropriate.
• Liaise with Accounts Payable to resolve invoice discrepancies and pricing queries.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Stores, Logistics and Finance.
• Monitor supplier performance and escalate issues as needed.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records and update ERP/MRP systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes and reduce costs.

Skills

Procurement administration

Supply chain administration

Organisational skills

Communication

Problem solving

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

A-levels or equivalent in Business/Procurement

Procurement/Supply Chain qualification (advantage)

Tools

SAP

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

Proactive Global is seeking a Purchasing Administrator in Redhill to support procurement of materials and services for manufacturing operations. You will process purchase orders, liaise with suppliers and internal teams, and help resolve invoice queries with accuracy and timeliness.

Experience in purchasing, procurement or supply chain admin within manufacturing or engineering is preferred. This on-site role offers a busy, collaborative environment and opportunities to improve buying processes.