Defence and PILS Commodities Support
Westhill – hybrid working also considered
Permanent

Who we are

JFD is the world leading underwater capability provider, serving the commercial and defence markets with innovative diving, submarine and hyperbaric rescue, technical solutions and services. Operating worldwide, the company is the world’s leading provider of submarine rescue capability and an established provider of submarine escape training. The company is at the forefront of Hyperbaric Rescue, along with being the leading supplier of commercial and defence diving equipment and saturation diving systems to the commercial industry

About the role

JFD is looking to recruit a Defence and PILS Commodities Support to work on a permanent basis from our office in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. In this role, you will be liaising with Planners to plan the supply, shipping and service reportage of Defence spares globally. You will also undertake the analysis of MOD stores movement and usage of spares.

You don’t need previous experience within this industry and we’ll provide all training. We are looking for candidates with great planning abilities, strong customer focus, good communication skills and high integrity.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Defence Department support specific to MoD processes including but not limited to MoD ERP / SAP systems.
• To assist in the raising and coordination of spares and repairs globally
• Raise sales order as required using information provided by commodities support planner.
• Liaise with Production Department to ensure spares/repairs orders on schedule
• Raise paperwork for shipping spares/repairs orders as necessary.
• Ensure all work order delivery dates are updated and moved out if necessary on a weekly basis
• Assist in collating outstanding sales order reports
• Assist in shipping JFD available spares/repairs on a monthly basis making sure the Electronic repair batches are available as required by the client
• Input time sheet information for Defence away from base staff
• Assist in shipping back all overseas repairs as they are complete, making sure all export paperwork and documentation is completed and copies held on file. Enter in despatch log.

What do you need?

• Good communication skills
• Ability to multitask and effectively work to deadlines
• Experience in SAP based systems and reportage
• Previous experience within a UK Ministry type ERP and procurement system (desirable)

The successful candidate will be required to pass UK Security Clearance.

Working for us

We offer a number of benefits including Group Personal Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and an early finish on Fridays.

James Fisher & Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and we strongly encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and as a Disability Confident employer we are committed to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

JFD is proud to be part of James Fisher and Sons plc, who has partnered with the Career Transition Partnership, the official provider of Armed Forces resettlement for over 20 years.