Purchasing Assistant

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom 2Fawcett Recruitment Full time

**Role**: Purchasing Assistant

**Type**: Permanent

**Location**: Birmingham

**Salary**: £25k - £28k

2fawcett are recruiting for a Purchasing Assistant to join our client based in Birmingham. As Purchasing Assistant, you will be responsible for placing orders with suppliers, controlling stock, and ensuring purchasing is carried out on best price.

**Key responsibilities**
- Take deliveries from suppliers and ensure they are logged, stored, or distributed as required
- Place orders with suppliers
- Ensure orders are delivered on time
- Ensure purchasing is carried on best price
- Chase proof of delivery reports and outstanding orders with suppliers/Carriers
- Log and manage returns to suppliers ensuring full credits are received
- Monitor and maintain stocking levels
- Package and distribute orders and engineer stocking orders
- Ensure storage areas are in kept tidy and in order
- General administration such as maintaining spreadsheets related to purchasing documentation
- Ensure company PPE stock levels are managed
- Assist in maintaining the company better buying policy
- Assist with company vehicle hire and returns
- Monitor supply only orders
- Updating a database for stock level changes and supplier price changes
- Ensure requested quotations are supplied to both Service & Projects departments as well as any requested Supply only quotes are turned around in a timely manner
- Hire & Monitor site plant for both service & projects departments
- Other purchasing duties as directed

**Skills & Experience**
- Experience using Microsoft office (Word, excel) - Essential
- Full UK driving licence - Desirable
- Excellent organisation skills - Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Essential
- Ability to undertake manual handling - Essential

**What you get in return**
- Competitive Salary
- Development Opportunities
- On site Parking

**Hours**

Monday to Friday - Full Time

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: PABBJTB


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