Procurement Administrator

All the relevant skills, qualifications, and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

Locations: Witney, Oxfordshire

Job Type: Full-time, Office-Based

Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:30-16:30

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 (DOE)

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced and highly organised Procurement Administrator to join a growing manufacturing business in Witney, Oxfordshire.

This is a hands-on procurement role, with responsibility for managing day-to-day purchasing activity, raising purchase orders, liaising with suppliers, and ensuring Production has clear visibility of component availability and delivery dates.

You will work closely with Procurement, Production, Stores, and Quality teams, helping to ensure purchasing requirements are actioned promptly and potential supply issues are identified and resolved before they affect production.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, issue, and maintain purchase orders.
• Process purchasing requirements through MRP/ERP systems.
• Obtain quotations and place orders with approved suppliers.
• Chase suppliers for delivery dates and outstanding information.
• Maintain accurate purchasing, supplier, and delivery records.
• Monitor overdue and at-risk orders and escalate issues where required.
• Liaise closely with Production and Stores regarding component availability.
• Identify and follow up missing components that could affect production.
• Carry out regular checks of production requirements against purchase orders and supplier ETAs.
• Keep MRP systems and purchasing trackers accurate and up to date.
• Manage manual purchasing and Kanban processes during the transition to a more automated MRP system.
• Work with Quality and suppliers to resolve issues with non-conforming components.
• Support replacement, return, and rework requirements where necessary.
• Ensure purchasing actions are followed through to completion.