Procurement Assistant

2 weeks ago


St Leonards, East Sussex, United Kingdom ASL Recruitment Ltd Full time

Our client is a privately owned engineering company based in East Sussex. They are currently looking for a Procurement Assistant to join their hardworking and dedicated team in St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience within an office environment, have knowledge of administration or purchasing, be IT literate with a good understanding and knowledge of Excel and Word and be a highly organised individual with a good telephone manner.

As a Procurement Assistant you will progress purchase orders, maintain and develop a good working relationship with the companies suppliers, check on despatch dates as well as dealing with general administration duties including preparing paperwork for shipping and answering calls into the purchasing department.

The ideal candidate will hold the following skills and experiences:

  • Demonstrable experience within an office environment
  • Knowledge of administration or purchasing
  • Be IT literate with a good understanding and knowledge of Excel and Word
  • Hold Maths and English qualification at A level or GCSE level grade C or above
  • Have strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Possess a good telephone manner
  • Be a highly organised individual

Desirable:

  • Use and understanding of MPS/MRP systems (preferably Sage)
  • Demonstrable experience in a purchasing/buying department
  • Experience of contacting suppliers and arranging/following up quote requests

Your duties as a Procurement Assistant will include:

  • Responsible for placing Pos in a timely manner
  • Assisting with purchases for consumables stock and ensuring replenishment orders are placed in a timely manner
  • Planning appropriate quotes and purchases for standard production items to ensure parts are available to meet product on-time delivery
  • Gathering approvals, then raise and issue purchase orders to suppliers in good time
  • Maintain and develop a good working relationship with our suppliers, working with the purchasing team to foster continuous improvement in their performance
  • Highlight poor supplier performance to ensure that appropriate remedial action may be taken
  • Assist the process for items being returned to suppliers due to poor quality, raising returns and new orders on Sage as appropriate
  • Completing purchase order acknowledgements and work with suppliers to minimise late deliveries, looking at purchase order priorities as necessary
  • Maintaining contact with suppliers to check on despatch dates, to clarify requirements and to provide occasional feedback on their performance
  • Dealing with general administration duties such as assisting with stores as appropriate, preparing paperwork for shipping, answering calls into purchasing department and looking after visitors when first arriving into the premises

Salary:

£11.44 per hour

Hours:

  • Monday Thursday, 8am 5.30pm and Friday, 8am 4.30pm
  • 37.5 hour per week
  • Temporary Contract

Location:

St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex

Start Date:

ASAP


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