Purchasing Assistant

This is an exciting role within a developing and growing business which has an unrivalled reputation globally as a leading designer and manufacturer of high speed automated machinery.

In this role you will be responsible for regular liaison with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure high service levels are maintained.

**To be successful in this role you will**:

- Work from BOM to source all items to be purchased from suppliers, obtaining quotations, price and delivery.
- Support the sales and stores functions by advising on delivery times, any stock issues, price queries and highlighting any delivery delays or problems at the earliest opportunity.
- Accurately enter all purchase details into computer system.
- Maintain supplier database and preferred suppliers list for specific product type.
- Maintain purchase orders from requisition, quotations through to complete purchase orders.
- Proactively progress purchase orders to ensure on time delivery.
- Ensure best price and delivery is achieved for all purchases, either for stock or project specific.
- Produce purchase order progress reports (MIS reports) to Project Engineers.
- Help deal with supplier’s queries on purchase orders.
- Help deal with incorrect deliveries, informing supplier and arranging returns if necessary.
- Maintain accurate price data on Operations.
- Meet and help establish purchasing relationships with suppliers.

**What you’ll bring to the role**:

- Ideally previous purchasing experience gained within an engineering environment
- Purchasing assistant or purchasing administration experience is preferred
- Experience gained within a commercial customer focused environment
- Experience of MS Office, Excel in particular and previous experience of business management systems is also preferred.
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to work on your own initiative
- Highly organised with the ability to work to tight deadlines.

**What we expect from you**:

- A professional approach
- An enthusiastic manner
- A commitment to excellence in all that you do
- Be a team player, willing to continuously and proactively collaborate, share, and seek information and guidance
- Self-driven to make a significant contribution to maximising AGR customer service

**What does AGR Automation Offer You?**

Here at AGR, we offer a generous compensation and benefits package including:

- Company Pension
- Life Cover
- Income Protection
- Annual leave

**AGR AUTOMATION (a CONVERGIX company)**

AGR Automation designs, develops, and manufactures high performance, high value, bespoke automation solutions. Using robotics, vision analysis and innovative thinking we turn vision into reality for multinational clients with UK, US, and global installations. Developing equipment solutions rarely found in our competition.

Developing innovation for more than 50 years, AGR Automation has world-leading expertise in parts handling and orientation for difficult automation assembly processes. Using its extensive expertise in vibratory, centrifugal technologies and high-volume assembly technologies to develop unique solutions that make our customers successful.

Our commitment to integrity, excellence and quality governs our actions, decision making and fulfilment of our commitments.

**ABOUT CONVERGIX AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS**

Convergix Automation Solutions is a Global Systems Integrator specializing in custom automated manufacturing systems including, robotics, controls, material handling, information and software systems, process automation in a variety of manufacturing industries. With over 900 employees, 25+ Locations worldwide and $300M in Sales, Convergix is growing organically as well through acquisition to become a leading $1B Automation Integration global partner. We are a single source automation solutions provider that leverages the geography, technology, industry expertise and capacity of the entire Convergix portfolio across the entire value chain for our customers in a diverse set of industries.

**What does CONVERGIX value?**

Our values are our foundational concepts on which we build CONVERGIX; we adhere to these no matter what mountain we climb.
- **Integrity - Respect, Transparency, Commitment**:

- **Excellence - Continuous Improvement, Innovation, Collaboration, Communication**:

- **Passion - Momentum, Sense of Urgency, Growth, Success, Velocity