Logistics & Purchasing Coordinator

Role purpose

Inventory, stores, and asset control

• Maintain accurate inventory, asset, and material records in TCMS, with effective control, traceability, and reconciliation throughout the inventory lifecycle.
• Monitor stock levels and material risks, identifying shortages, obsolescence, and issues that may affect simulator availability.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and support corrective actions.
• Maintain auditable simulator asset, component, and configuration-change records, ensuring accountability and lifecycle traceability.

Repairable assets and suppliers

• Track repairable assets throughout repair cycles and maintain clear status visibility.
• Liaise with Engineering, Procurement, suppliers, and repair organisations to identify and progress repair solutions.
• Monitor repair turnaround, supplier performance, and material risks; escalate issues affecting operational availability.
• Support evaluation of alternative suppliers and repair routes to improve availability, resilience, and value for money.

Procurement and logistics

• Support procurement and lifecycle management with accurate inventory information and recommendations.
• Help optimise stockholding, control costs, and mitigate material obsolescence risks; provide inventory and usage information for purchasing and material planning.
• Process goods receipt, storage, issue, return, and despatch according to company procedures.
• Prepare equipment and materials for shipment and coordinate transportation using approved carriers and service providers.
• Support import and export activities in line with applicable regulatory, security, and company requirements.

Operational support and improvement

• Ensure timely material availability for Maintenance and Engineering teams; prioritise logistics according to operational requirements.
• Provide accurate inventory and material information to minimise equipment downtime and support training delivery.
• Support audits, reporting, and performance monitoring for inventory, repairable assets, and supply-chain activities.
• Improve TCMS use, inventory accuracy, material control, and logistics processes; investigate recurring material-support issues and contribute to corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain performance information on inventory accuracy, stock availability, repair turnaround, and supplier performance.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Experience in stores, logistics, inventory, supply chain, or material-support operations.
• Experience using computerized inventory and/or asset-management systems.
• Good understanding of inventory control, including stock reconciliation, traceability, and discrepancy investigation.
• Ability to analyse material-related issues and identify practical solutions.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation, communication, and interpersonal skills; able to manage competing needs and work with technical teams, managers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and contribute effectively within a cross-functional team.
• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Competence in Microsoft Office and relevant business systems.
• Commercial awareness of the relationship between inventory management, equipment availability, and cost.

Additional role conditions

• Some local travel is required for equipment movements, supplier engagement, repair activities, and inventory management.
• Occasional flexibility is required for urgent operational needs and changing priorities.
• The role involves control, handling, and movement of high-value, operationally critical equipment.
• Strict compliance with applicable security, safety, export-control, and information-management requirements is essential.

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