Purchasing Assistant

2 weeks ago


Exeter, United Kingdom Reed Business Support Full time

My client in Exeter is looking for a full time Purchasing Assistant for an initial 6 months contract.

As Purchasing Assistant you will play a key role in supporting the purchasing and procurements activities in the business. You will ensure supplies and equipment are ordered based on the company’s needs while providing the most cost-effective purchases,manage the process and maintaining relationships with vendors. You will support and report to the Procurement Manager.

Duties will include but not be limited to
- Assist the Procurement Manager in all manners of the procurement process
- Thoroughly check through Purchase quotes (PQ) and verify the status of all PQ’S
- Process PQ’s into Purchase Orders (PO) and chase approvals where necessary
- Liaise between suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Regular communication with hiring managers to understand necessary requirements and/or process order requests based on needs
- Process and communicate purchase orders to suppliers.
- Follow up with vendors to obtain purchase quotes
- Request order acknowledgement, invoicing, and updated information on estimated time of arrival.
- Track orders and follow up with vendors and suppliers on shipment and delivery
- Maintain and manage the companies item card across all recorded transactions
- Update expected receipt dates of processed orders
- Assist with account queries and liaise with the relevant department or supplier to sufficiently manage any problems.
- Help manage Amazon invoicing
- Manage the status of purchase orders provide necessary feedback to the end where required
- Correspond with quote requestors on delivery dates and update on PO estimated time of arrival
- Follow up with suppliers on overdue PO’s
- Check call-off orders against forecast lists to allow timeously discussions with suppliers
- Support with end of the month reporting
- Efficiently manage a varied workload paying a high attention to detail in execution to ensure the utmost accuracy
- Ensure information is input correctly to accurate data capturing
- Update and manage the purchase ledger


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