Job Role: Purchasing Coordinator
Hours: 1000 - 1400 Mon – Fri (Part Time)
Salary: £15.50 - £16.80per hour
Contract: Permanent
Start date: September 2025
Location: Lancing, West Sussex
The Company
Fine Cut Group is a family-owned SME home to 6 distinct brands. Each brand requires its own unique personality and strategy.
These brands are: Fine Cut, Dragonfly Rally, Attach A Tag, P&S Engraving, Orbit Print & Label Giant.
Fine Cut operates under one roof with an eclectic array of state-of-the-art print, laser marking and engraving technology - all serving our core offering of “industrial graphics”.
The Role
This part-time, permanent role has been created to assist with a period of maternity leave within the business. As part of our long term strategy we are creating this permanent position and maintain an open mind to the roles growth and potential for a move to full-time within the coming years.
Purchasing sits at the heart of what we do. You will take ownership of the day-to-day supplier management, ensuring stock levels are maintained, orders are raised promptly and our supplier compliance documentation stays in order for the regulated industries we serve, including aerospace and medical.
There is also a creative sourcing element to this role. We occasionally take on projects that require unusual or bespoke materials and we need someone who can find the right solution at the right price, even when the brief is unconventional.
You will work closely with the Production Manager, Finance Manager and Managing Director. Spend decisions are made collaboratively - your role is to bring the research, the options and the recommendations.
The people who are most successful at Fine Cut are those who use initiative, sweat the detail and are energised by new projects and opportunities.
You will be based at our Lancing, West Sussex facility.
Details to apply are at the base of this advert, we look forward to seeing you.
Your role; including but not limited to:
Day to day this role spans both the detail and the bigger picture. You will be keeping stock moving, suppliers on track and documentation in order - while also keeping an eye on whether we are spending our money as well as we could be.
- Raise and manage purchase orders across the supplier base
- Monitor and maintain stock levels to support uninterrupted production
- Track and report on supplier on-time delivery and quality performance
- Manage supplier compliance - including Certificates of Conformity, ISO documentation and material safety data sheets
- Manage international supplier relationships, ensuring compliance with shipping regulations for inks, chemicals and other regulated materials
- Research and recommend alternative materials, suppliers or products - whether to reduce cost, improve quality or fulfil an unusual project requirement
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with key suppliers
- Work with Finance to ensure invoices, spend and purchasing records are accurate and up to date
Required skills and attributes:
- Experience in a purchasing, procurement or supply chain role
- Confident managing supplier relationships directly - chasing, negotiating and holding people accountable without it becoming adversarial
- Understanding of supplier compliance requirements - Certificates of Conformity, ISO standards and MSDS documentation
- Commercially minded - you think about value, not just price
- Well organised and detail-oriented - documentation, records and deadlines need to be managed carefully
- A resourceful researcher - when a project needs something unusual, you know how to find it
- Comfortable working across departments and communicating clearly with finance, production and senior leadership
Desirable:
- Background in manufacturing, print or an industrial supply chain
- Familiarity with regulated industries such as aerospace, defence or medical
- Experience managing international suppliers and associated shipping and import documentation
- CIPS qualification or working towards it
Career Progression:
We are looking for someone who can step in with confidence, get up to speed quickly and keep the purchasing function running smoothly during this period of maternity leave. We are excited to see how the role itself could evolve as a direct result of your abilities, and we keep an open mind as to the future potential and responsibilities which could become available.
All CV’s and a covering letter to: [email protected]
No agencies please.
Pay: £15.50-£16.80 per hour
Work Location: In person
