Purchasing Assistant

Global manufacturer requires a Purchasing Assistant on a 12 month FTC basis to support procurement and supply chain planning activities. Applicants will ideally have office-based experience within a manufacturing or engineering business. Experience in, or previous exposure to procurement or supply chain tasks would be advantageous.

The Purchasing Assistant will support tasks around; purchase order management, supplier liaison, data management, and inventory/stock control.

Specific duties of the Purchasing Assistant include:

• Purchase order management for direct/indirect areas of spend
• Expediting and maintenance of correct data in MRP
• Monitoring of; stock, inventory and Kanban levels
• Stakeholder engagement
• Monitoring supplier KPI performance - quality, cost, delivery, spend
• Maintain ERP master data

Purchasing Assistant applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Previous experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment
• Exposure to procurement, suppliers or supply chain tasks would be advantageous
• Collaborative, team player
• IT literacy - MS Office packages, MRP and ERP (desirable)
• Comfortable with hybrid working, and working a 12 month FTC position