Purchasing Assistant

Description:

Purchasing Assistant

Job Location: Poole, Dorset

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

Hours: Monday – Friday 8.00am - 4.45pm with a 12.30pm finish on a Friday

Benefits: 25 days holiday + bank holidays; Enhanced pension scheme; Death in Service benefit;

Employee Assistance Programme; Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme after qualifying period; Social events throughout the year

We have a new opening for a specialist engineering company for a Purchasing Assistant to join their team based in Poole on a permanent basis.

Within this role you will be you will be supporting the Purchasing Manager to manage the supplier orders and relationships, and ensuring they always have the product required to keep the manufacturing process moving.

Key duties will include;

* Building and maintaining good relationships with new and existing suppliers and liaising with them on a day-to-day basis.

* Providing support to Purchasing Manager

* Raise Purchase Orders using the Company’s procurement system.

* Supporting with ad-hoc administration that is needed in Purchasing.

* Responding to routine enquiries in person, by telephone, email, or correspondence.

* Escalating complex or detailed queries to appropriate colleague as required.

* Liaising between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments, and customers.

* Supporting the Purchasing Manager in conducting research to source the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality.

* Checking the accuracy of invoices received.

* Highlighting possible cost savings and efficiencies to ensure accurate, prompt, and timely delivery to customers.

The successful applicant will possess;

* Proven experience in a Purchasing / Buying role

* Experience in the manufacturing / engineering environment

* CIPS is advantageous

* PC literate with experience of using Excel, word and CRM / ERP systems

For more information on this position, company or to apply for this role, please either contact our recruitment team on (phone number removed) or send your CV.

Those who have the right skills and experience, our aim is that you will hear back from us within 24 hours but due to the high number of applications we are receiving at present, we are unable to respond to every application individually so If you do not hear from us within 3 days, please assume that your application at this stage has not been successful. As new positions arise, we will review any applications already made to us and may contact you about other suitable roles.

Resource Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all its employees and job applicants equally. It is the policy of the Company to take all reasonable steps to ensure that each applicant is assessed only in accordance on the basis of their qualifications, skills and abilities to perform the relevant duties without prejudice in regards to background, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability or gender.

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