Purchasing Assistant
3 weeks ago
We are recruiting for a **Purchasing Assistant** to work for the UK division of an international engineering and manufacturing business based in the Hitchin area. You will be working in the heart of the office and closely with production anddesign engineers as part of a collaborative and friendly team.
This position is permanent and is office based.
You will be working 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday, 8.30AM until 16.PM but this position offers the chance to flexi your hours with the availability for overtime too.
As a **purchasing assistant**, you will be responsible for:
- Assisting with the intricate and precise planning and purchasing of components and materials required for bespoke engineering of automotive equipment
- Ordering materials through existing and new suppliers
- Raising and management of purchase orders
- Stock control management
- Assist with sourcing and purchasing of products and services
- Obtain quotations from vendors for manufactured parts and bought finished goods
- Assist with the preparation of production meetings involving reports on the procurement statuses, the jobs, and production stage
- Highlight any issues that could affect shipping deadlines
- Learning shipping and export process and admin
As a **purchasing assistant** you will need to:
- Have strong communicator both verbal and written
- Be computer literate with Microsoft Office and a confident Excel user
- Be able to use own initiative
- Be flexible to ensure deadlines are met, sometimes requiring flexing on working hours
- Feel confident to escalate issues, problems, mistakes openly
- Be able to work with varied levels of colleagues within the business
- Be self-motivated with great organisation and planning skills
- Knowledge or experience in a previous purchasing environment for a mechanical, electrical or engineering industry would be preferred but not essential
- CIPS qualification would be a huge asset
- Have experience with an ERP system
- Have a minimum requirement of an A level or equivalent
The benefits of working for this company are as follows:
- 20 days annual leave + bank holiday (increasing 1 day per year up to 26 days)
- Christmas shut down
- 8% Employer contribution to your pension
- Death in service contribution x3
- Flexi hours
- Overtime possibility
- Progression availability
- Parking
- Opportunity to study for and gain CIPS qualification
If you have any of the qualities above and think this position is for you, please apply
Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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