Ronaldsway Aircraft Company
Ronaldsway Aircraft Company is a specialist aerospace machining business, manufacturing precision components for civil and military customers. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the business manages a high set-to-run ratio, with multiple set-ups per shift to produce small-batch components to exacting customer, quality, and regulatory standards.
This is an opportunity to join a well-established aerospace manufacturer where your work will directly support the delivery of high-quality components used in demanding and technically challenging applications.
Job Purpose
As Buyer, you will play an important part in keeping production moving by ensuring materials, components, consumables, and services are available when needed. You will be involved in day-to-day purchasing activity, supplier communication, and supply chain coordination within a busy aerospace manufacturing environment.
Working closely with Planning, Production, Quality, Engineering, Finance, and external suppliers, you will support continuity of supply, resolve issues, and contribute to improvements in cost, quality, delivery, and supplier performance. This role would suit someone who enjoys building relationships, solving problems, and making a visible contribution to operational success.
Key Responsibilities:
Purchasing & Supply Management: You will take ownership of raising, placing, and managing purchase orders in line with business requirements, approved suppliers, and internal procedures. This includes ensuring materials, components, consumables, and services are ordered in time to support production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
You will monitor open purchase orders, expedite deliveries where required, and communicate potential supply risks proactively. Accurate purchasing information, including delivery dates, supplier responses, pricing, and ERP/MRP records, will be an important part of the role.
Supplier Management: You will build and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers to support quality, cost, and delivery objectives. You will also request and review quotations, compare supplier responses, and contribute to value-for-money purchasing decisions.
The role will involve supporting supplier performance monitoring, including delivery performance, quality issues, responsiveness, and commercial competitiveness. You will work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve shortages, late deliveries, invoice queries, and non-conformance issues in a timely and professional manner.
Inventory, Planning & Operational Support: Working closely with Planning, Warehouse(s) and Production, you will help ensure purchased items are available in line with manufacturing demand. This will include reviewing purchase requirements, order acknowledgements, lead times, and stock availability to help prevent material shortages or excess inventory.
You will also assist with stock control activities, including minimum order quantities, reorder levels, and supplier lead-time reviews, while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across purchasing, inventory management, and supply chain processes.
Compliance, Records & Administration: Procurement activity must be completed in line with company procedures, quality requirements, and applicable customer or regulatory expectations. You will maintain accurate purchasing files, supplier records, order confirmations, and supporting documentation.
may also support audits and internal reviews by providing accurate procurement information when required. A professional, organised, and proactive approach to purchasing administration and supplier communication will be key to success in this role.
Please apply with your CV, full job description available upon request.
