About the Role
The Operational Buyer at Mirus Aircraft Seating is a hands‑on, transactional procurement role focused on ensuring the right parts, materials, and services are available, ordered and delivered on time to support production. The role keeps the supply chain moving every day by raising and managing purchase orders, working closely with suppliers to ensure on‑time delivery, and quickly resolving issues such as shortages, delays or quality problems that could disrupt production. It sits at the centre of procurement, engineering, production and planning, acting as a key link between teams. The role is primarily operational, executed through disciplined use of ERP systems and consistent follow‑through with suppliers to maintain production continuity.
Responsibilities
* Use ERP/MRP systems daily (essential) to raise, amend and manage purchase orders, ensuring accurate and timely procurement of materials to support production schedules.
* Execute end‑to‑end buying activity, from review through to order placement, delivery tracking and invoice alignment.
* Proactively manage suppliers by chasing orders, expediting deliveries and resolving shortages or delays to prevent disruption to manufacturing.
* Support basic negotiation activity (essential) including pricing checks, lead‑time discussions and agreement of commercial terms within established frameworks.
* Monitor stock levels and system demand signals, ensuring materials are available when needed and highlighting supply risks early.
* Work closely with suppliers to improve delivery performance, reliability and responsiveness, escalating issues where required.
* Contribute to supplier performance tracking, including on‑time delivery, quality issues and lead‑time adherence.
* Support supply continuity planning by identifying potential risks in the supply chain and escalating issues proactively to prevent production impact.
* Maintain accurate and compliant records within ERP systems to ensure traceability, audit readiness and data integrity.
* Collaborate with production, planning and engineering teams to ensure purchasing activity aligns with build requirements and production priorities.
Qualifications
* Experience in purchasing, supply chain, materials control, logistics or expediting.
* Experience working within a manufacturing or engineering industry.
* Strong ERP/MRP system experience (essential), confident daily use of systems to raise and manage purchase orders, track stock and process demand accurately and efficiently.
* Procurement / transactional buying experience, hands‑on experience in operational purchasing, order management and supplier follow‑up in a fast‑paced manufacturing or supply‑chain environment.
* Proactive supplier management and expediting with the ability to chase deliveries, resolve shortages and push suppliers to meet deadlines to protect production schedules.
* Supplier negotiation skills – ability to support price, lead time and delivery discussions within agreed frameworks, helping to secure cost‑effective and reliable supply without disrupting production relationships.
* Attention to detail and process discipline, high level of accuracy in data entry, order tracking and compliance, ensuring materials are correctly ordered and systems are always reliable and up to date.
Desirable
* CIPS or equivalent professional qualification.
* Experience of operating within automotive or aerospace sectors.
* Familiarity with engineering or technical components, supporting better understanding of supplier specifications and production requirements.
* Contract drafting experience.
* Understanding of Incoterms and logistics.
* Exposure to lean manufacturing or continuous improvement environments, with an understanding of efficiency, waste reduction and process improvement.
* Experience working with international suppliers or global supply chains, particularly in Asia, including managing time zones, logistics constraints and cross‑border delivery challenges.
Personal Skills / Attributes
* Highly organised and detail‑focused – able to manage multiple purchase orders, suppliers and system inputs accurately without errors.
* Proactive and solution‑driven – quick to identify supply risks and take action to prevent disruption to production.
* Strong communicator – confident dealing with suppliers and internal teams, chasing information and resolving issues clearly and professionally.
* Resilient and calm under pressure – able to handle repetitive, fast‑paced and deadline‑driven work without losing focus or accuracy.
* Reliable and accountable – takes ownership of tasks from order placement through to delivery, ensuring nothing is missed.
* Process‑oriented mindset – comfortable working within structured systems and following defined procurement processes consistently.
Be eligible to work in the UK, comfortable commuting or being based in Hingham, Norfolk and work flexible hours required.
Please kindly note that at this moment in time we are respectfully not engaging with any agencies for our roles.
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