Procurement & Operations Coordinator

Description:

Procurement & Operations Coordinator
 
A hands-on role at the heart of a growing logistics business, coordinating purchasing, freight and commercial support.
 
This is a newly created Procurement & Operations Coordinator role, based in Gosport.
 
As a Procurement & Operations Coordinator you will support the commercial running of a growing logistics business, helping bring structure and consistency to how it buys, spends and works with suppliers. It is a varied, hands-on role covering three areas: purchasing coordination, freight supplier management, and commercial analysis. You will help pull purchasing together across the business, manage day-to-day relationships with a small group of freight providers, and turn spend data into useful commercial insight. With no formal purchasing system in place yet, there is a real chance to help shape how things are done and put proper processes in place. If you are organised, commercially curious and happy to roll your sleeves up, this newly created role gives you plenty to get involved in.
 
Job Responsibilities

Coordinating purchasing activity across the business and helping move away from each site buying independently
Supporting the setup of a purchase requisition and order process where none currently exists
Raising, processing and receiving purchase orders and dealing with suppliers day to day
Managing supplier relationships, particularly for high-volume purchasing
Supporting contract negotiations with suppliers
Managing relationships with a small group of freight providers
Reviewing freight charges, service levels and yearly price increases, and supporting negotiations
Analysing spend on freight and purchasing to support better commercial decisions
Reviewing profitability and turning data into clear commercial insight
Producing reporting to support the finance and commercial teams 
Skills and Experience
To do well as a Procurement & Operations Coordinator you will need:

Some experience in a purchasing, procurement, freight or commercial support role
A commercially minded approach, with a good head for numbers and spend analysis
Strong organisational skills and the ability to bring structure where there is little
Confidence dealing with suppliers and supporting negotiations
Good Excel skills and confidence working with data
Plenty of initiative and the drive to improve how things are done
Experience setting up or working with a purchase order or requisition system, which is desirable
Exposure to implementing new systems across purchase ordering or finance processes, which would be a real advantage
Logistics, transport or freight experience, which is desirable 
Pay and Benefits

A salary of up to £40,000, dependent on experience
A 40-hour working week, Monday to Friday, with flexibility on start and finish times
Hybrid working available after successful completion of probation
An office-based role in Gosport, alongside the finance team
A newly created role with real scope to shape it and put your own processes in place 
Ready to apply?
Newly created roles are a rare chance to make a job your own, and this one puts you right at the centre of how a growing business buys, spends and works with its suppliers. You would bring order where there is little, build processes from scratch and see the commercial impact of your work. If you are an organised, commercially minded Procurement & Operations Coordinator ready to get stuck in, apply now