Purchasing Assistant

1 week ago


Southampton, United Kingdom Barclay Meade Full time

**Ref no.**
- BHN560845**Salary**
- £24,000 - £26,000/annum**Location**
- Southampton, England**Start date**
- ASAP**Job type**
- Permanent**Job status**
- Open**Job summary**:
A successful engineering business require a Purchasing Assistant. Applicants should have experience working in a similar purchasing/supply chain support role, or be keen to transition / start a career within procurement.

**Key skills required for this role**:
Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain

**Important**:
Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain

**Job description**:
A successful engineering business require a Purchasing Assistant. Applicants should have experience working in a similar purchasing/supply chain support role, or be keen to transition / start a career within procurement.

The Purchasing Assistant will be responsible for a range of administrative and junior procurement tasks in support of the Supply Chain team.

Specific duties of the Purchasing Assistant include:

- Generate and raise purchase orders for goods and services needed by the business on company MRP system
- Obtain order acknowledgement from suppliers
- Expedite late deliveries from suppliers
- Monitor inventory levels and replenish stock
- Support colleagues in engineering with supplier quality information
- Generate reports and KPIs in support of the supply chain team
- Invoice and credit card reconciliation

Purchasing Assistants should meet the following criteria:

- Experience in a purchasing/supply chain role, or interest in starting a career here
- Previous exposure to a manufacturing or engineering environment would be advantageous but not essential
- IT literacy - MS Office
- Excellent communication, relationship building (internal and external) and teamwork skills
- Motivated, self-starter


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