Job Listing

Our Client is the global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance conveying and seasoning systems for the food industry. Our client is seeking a purchasing assistant to work alongside the buyer in their small, friendly purchasing team.

Responsibilities: Negotiating prices and discounts, placing and chasing purchase orders for all aspects of the business including:

• Raw material and components
• Electrical control gear and components
• Consumable items
• Plant and Equipment
• Motor vehicles
• Subcontract items
• Equipment for inclusion in turnkey projects
• Set up and manage service contracts; act on any breakdowns.
• Ensuring stock is maintained at an appropriate level:
• Check physical stock levels before re-ordering
• Review re-order points and re-order quantities
• Check existing allocations and orders
• Work with the stores to resolve stock discrepancies.
• Assist with stocktake and with stock reconciliations
• Progress meeting
• Attend weekly progress meeting
• Ensure that you have a full status ready for the meeting
• Keep PMs up to date when critical parts will not be on time for their project

Costs:

• Obtain competitive quotes where appropriate
• Negotiate and agree prices before placing orders
• Find alternative suppliers for third party spares
• Obtain signatures for high value orders.

Database Administration:

• Ensure that part descriptions are meaningful and accurate
• Check order acknowledgements and chase up un-acknowledged orders
• Request new consumable parts when you can see a repeated demand
• Ensure that the database is showing accurate costs
• Chase up overdue orders and clear off old balances
• Keep supplier database valid and up to date.

Quality:

• Ensure that all purchase orders contain the necessary information in a readable and correct format
• Use the correct ledger codes on purchase orders
• Work with stores and logistics to develop suitable quality checks.
• Assist with stocktake

Person specification:

• Some buying experience
• Experience in engineering buying advantage
• High attention to detail, accurate and efficient
• Strong problem solving and time management skills.

Hours

Monday - Friday 09:00 - 1700

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