Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Defence organisation to recruit a Procurement Administrator for an initial contract until April 2026. There is a rate of 18-20.75 PAYE per hour dependant on experience on offer for the successful candidate.  The role would initially be full time on site in Crawley at the start and then once up to speed there would be a hybrid working arrangement with 3 days a week on site in Crawley and 2 days from home. 

Please find the job spec. below:

Key responsibilities

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be involved in:

• Executing all activities in accordance with Chorus processes

• Timely and accurate acquisition of products against ERP driven demand, to ensure all requests and information is correctly received and understood

• Issuing RFQs to approved suppliers in support of business operations, programme production requirements.

• Generation of purchase orders to achieve appropriate levels of material availability to meet both the Master Production Schedule and day-to-day business operational demands.

• Raise internal RFIs against supplier queries and maintain ownership for the timely resolution of issues and incidents (such as obsolescence, non-conformity, supplier returns, etc.

• Management of Open Order Book to ensure on-time supplier delivery objectives

• Work with other areas of the business to highlight and resolve supplier performance issues, delayed deliveries, PO queries, invoices and payment queries etc.

• Actively identifying and delivering opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance and improved cash management through effective supplier negotiation and /or supplier selection (purchasing channel) to improve bottom line company performance.

About you

Ideally, you’ll:

• It would be advantageous to have previous experience working within a Procurement environment.

• Be proficient in working with Microsoft Excel

• Previous experience working with Oracle would be an advantage.

• Have proven experience in working within a fast-paced environment

• Have the ability to manage multiple suppliers and products

• Work collaboratively in order to enable the function to deliver to business needs.

• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills

• Have the ability to plan ahead and solve challenging operational issues

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