Purchasing Assistant
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £23000 – £26000/annum
Purchasing Assistant (Manufacturing)
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Full Time and Permanent
Annual Salary: £23,000 to £26,000 Dependant on Experience
We are delighted to be working on behalf of a local, financially strong, and well-established company to help them find a full time and permanent individual to fulfil the role of Purchasing Assistant to support their buying team. Our client is an organisation that deeply cares about its employees and is passionate about building a sustainable future and a people centric organisation for all.
Key Responsibilities:
* Send out requests for information and requests for quotes to suppliers and assist in the analysis of vendor offers.
* Raise purchase agreements to ensure coverage meets the raw material needs plan, plus ad-hoc requests from material planning and fix volumes to de-risk and manage volumes needed for customer tenders.
* Maintain agreements to enable material planners to create their purchase orders.
* Develop & manage suppliers to provide regular raw material forecasts, build and maintain good working relationships and look for value-creating opportunities.
* Work with internal stakeholders and suppliers to establish expected costs for locally purchased items needed for tenders.
* Prepare and analyse coverage report and recommend actions needed to manage our raw material positions.
* Prepare monthly cost report and analyse changes.
* In conjunction with the quality team, initiate the approval of new raw materials & suppliers.
* Liaise with external teams including procurement & master data management.
* Analyse invoice queries, investigate, and liaise for payment or query with the supplier.
* Provide absence cover within local procurement.
Required Skills:
* The ability to work both autonomously and as a part of a team with Regional Procurement, Material Planning, Pricing and Quality Assurance.
* Knowledge of Procurement is an advantage but more critical is the ability to work accurately and to deadlines in a fast-paced commercial environment to meet the needs of our customers.
* The ability to prioritise workload but the flexibility to respond to priority changes.
* Proficiency in the MS Office suite of programs is required, with advanced knowledge, especially in the use of Excel. Power BI and ERP experience would be an advantage but is not essential.
This vacancy is being advertised by New Resource Group. The services of the New Resource Group are that of an Employment Agency
More Information
- Address Ashbourne, Derbyshire
