Purchasing comprises purchasing staff, progress chases and administrative support.
Liaising closely with Stores and Sales, Purchasing is responsible for:
Sales operate wholly within a commercial environment and have specific areas of responsibility.
Liaising closely with Stores and Sales, Purchasing is responsible for:
- Procurement of all items for use by the Engineering Department, both on the aircraft and on the ground.
- Acquiring parts from third parties either on a loan or exchange basis, or outright purchase, for onward delivery to our external customers.
- The generation of all orders including purchase and repair orders for all items.
- The Progress Chasing of all items ordered and sent away for repair or overhaul.
- Ensuring that only approved vendors are used so that we receive a quality product with the appropriate certification at the right price.
Sales operate wholly within a commercial environment and have specific areas of responsibility.
- The support of other airlines customer’s aircraft operations through the supply of parts ranging from the smallest screw to a whole rudder.
- Selling to world-wide customers, parts which are either excess to our own operation, or have been purchased through aircraft salvage and other means.
- Managing loans of parts to external customers, and processing their unserviceable parts through the stores operation for eventual return to the customer.
- Managing exchanges of parts to external customers, and processing their unserviceable parts through the stores operation for eventual return to our stock as a serviceable unit.