Purchasing Coordinator

Liz Orpwood Recruitment Ltd; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Liz Orpwood Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced procurement professional to support manufacturing operations, ensuring smooth supply chains and helping meet production targets.

The role focuses on building supplier relationships, negotiating terms, planning procurement, raising orders, and monitoring stock levels to optimise inventory. Strong IT skills (SAGE, ERP/MRP, MS Office) and excellent communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, purchasing or supply chain within engineering, FMCG, manufacturing or similar environments.
• Strong IT skills including SAGE, ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent commercial awareness with ability to negotiate pricing and supplier terms.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, negotiate commercial terms and manage supplier agreements.
• Plan and procure components in line with production schedules and manufacturing requirements.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs and negotiate competitive pricing, lead times and terms and conditions.
• Raise and process purchase orders, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Maintain accurate supplier details, new part records and purchasing information within the company database.
• Support goods-in activities, prepare and manage documentation relating to incoming and outgoing goods and shipments.
• Monitor stock levels and support effective inventory management to meet production demands.

Skills

Negotiation

Procurement planning

Supplier management

Inventory control

MS Office

Tools

SAGE

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Are you experienced within procurement, purchasing or supply chain and looking for your next career move? Join a successful, established and growing company where you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the supply chain, supporting manufacturing operations and helping to deliver production targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, negotiate commercial terms and manage supplier agreements.
• Plan and procure components in line with production schedules and manufacturing requirements.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs and negotiate competitive pricing, lead times and terms and conditions.
• Raise and process purchase orders, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
• Maintain accurate supplier details, new part records and purchasing information within the company database.
• Support goods-in activities, prepare and manage documentation relating to incoming and outgoing goods and shipments.
• Monitor stock levels and support effective inventory management to meet production demands.

Ideally, you’ll have experience in a procurement, purchasing or supply chain related role gained within an engineering, FMCG, manufacturing or similar environment.

You’ll also bring strong IT skills, ideally including SAGE, ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Office. Excellent commercial awareness, with the confidence to negotiate pricing and supplier terms together with a methodical, organised approach and exceptional attention to detail. Strong communication and relationship-building skills together with a proactive, innovative approach to problem-solving and the ability to identify opportunities for improvement. A positive, flexible and solutions-focused attitude, with a genuine can-do approach.

This role is easily commutable from Cambridge, Huntingdon, Cambourne, Biggleswade, Bedford, Huntingdon, St Ives, Brampton, St Neots, Newmarket, Royston, Duxford, and many other places in the Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire area