Purchasing Coordinator

Job Title 

Purchasing Coordinator and Quality assistant

Division/Business 

M Seals UK Ltd part of M Seals (Diploma Plc)

Reporting to

Purchasing Manager – Georgina

Location 

Enderby, Leicestershire

General summary 

M Seals UK Ltd is a part of the M Seals group, owned by Diploma PLC, an international group of businesses supplyingtechnical sealing products. M Seals specialise in the specification and supply of O-rings, moulded parts, PTFE products and shaft seals to leading industrial OEMs in Oil & Gas, Valve & Pump, Aerospace, Food, Pharma industries. M Seals have operations in UK, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Finland and China. M Seals UK Ltd employs 35 staff over three UK sites in Leicester.

Position summary

The Purchasing Coordinatorhas a responsibility to provide support to the procurement team. The role involves submitting purchase orders, updating records, responding to order issues and liaising with suppliers, with the intent of goods arriving to a schedule deadline.

To take ownership and responsibility for select accounts.

The role compromises of working as part of a team and as an individual.  Offering support to the company, as well as support to colleagues, reporting to the Purchasing Manager

Role location & resources

The Purchasing Coordinatoris based in the Group’s Leicester Facility (Enderby).

Key attributes

• Passionate about driving procurement efficiencies
• A person with a hard-working ethos who is disciplined to get the work done, and reliable
• An open personality that can fit with the company’s culture of integrity and respect for colleagues.
• Good communication skills
• Energetic, upbeat professional who is comfortable working in a dynamic, fast paced, competitive environment
• Ability to work on own initiative, as well as part of a team, good teamwork is important when working to tight schedules
• Computer literate
• Attention to detail essential
• Strong and confident phone manner

Key responsibilities and expectations

• Forecast and maintain stock levels to meet current and future demand.
• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers.
• Support Purchasing manager in all key areas
• Prepare and send purchase orders
• Follow up and review product deliveries, with issued purchase order/sales orders, and resolve any discrepancies
• Sourcing product for sales team

Experience, knowledge, skills

• Meticulous attention to detail
• Must possess good communicate skills both verbal and written
• Computer literate
• Honest, reliable and dedicate
• Our business culture

• Our team’s ‘can-do’ approach towards teamwork and customers’ needs often finds us wearing many hats, at any time.

  The management team are only focussed on two metrics:

• The tangible, personal development of all our team members.
• How our core customers view our company and out people.