Purchasing Coordinator

Rising Talent Recruitment Ltd; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Rising Talent Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Purchasing Coordinator for an established manufacturing business in Glenrothes. You will manage purchasing, supplier liaison, and stock levels to keep production moving.

Working across purchasing, production, engineering, and warehouse, you will raise purchase orders, source materials, monitor costs and lead times, and ensure accurate records using Sage and internal systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing, procurement, materials, or supply chain in manufacturing or engineering.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Confident dealing with suppliers and proactive in solving problems.
• Comfortable working in a busy manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Raising and managing purchase orders for raw materials, engineering components, and third-party suppliers
• Sourcing materials, components, and suppliers
• Monitoring supplier costs, lead times, quality, and deliveries
• Proactively chasing outstanding orders and resolving supply issues
• Managing stock levels and ensuring materials are available for production
• Supporting stock checks, goods inward and inventory accuracy
• Maintaining accurate purchasing records and reports
• Using Sage and internal systems for stock checks, reporting and back-order management

Skills

Organisation

Attention to detail

Supplier liaison

Problem solving

Proactivity

Stock control

Tools

Sage

Job description

An exciting opportunity has come up to join an established manufacturing business in Glenrothes as a Purchasing Coordinator.

This is a really varied, hands-on role and would suit someone with experience across purchasing, procurement, stock control or materials who enjoys being involved across different areas of a manufacturing operation.

Working closely with purchasing, production, engineering, warehouse, and sales, you'll play an important role in ensuring materials and components are available when needed and orders keep moving.

What you'll be doing:

• Raising and managing purchase orders for raw materials, engineering components, and third-party suppliers
• Sourcing materials, components, and suppliers
• Monitoring supplier costs, lead times, quality, and deliveries
• Proactively chasing outstanding orders and resolving supply issues
• Managing stock levels and ensuring materials are available for production
• Supporting stock checks, goods inward and inventory accuracy
• Maintaining accurate purchasing records and reports
• Using Sage and internal systems for stock checks, reporting and back-order management

What we're looking for:

Previous experience within purchasing, procurement, materials, stock control or supply chain would be ideal, particularly within a manufacturing or engineering environment.

You'll be someone who is:

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Confident dealing with suppliers
• Comfortable working in a busy manufacturing environment
• Proactive and able to solve problems