Buyer

**Buyer**:
**Salary**:
£23K - £25K Pro-rata based on 37.5 hours

**Town**:
Portslade

**Closing date**:
21/06/2023

Don't miss this opportunity for a **Purchasing & Procurement Assistant** to join the team at Metway, a major supplier of lighting controls and wiring systems to the electrical industry.

**Purchasing & Procurement Assistant**
**Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1DG**

**Part Time (Monday - Friday), Permanent**

**£23K - £25K Pro-rata based on 37.5 hours**

**Immediate start available**

**Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK**

Metway is a major supplier to the electrical manufacturing industry based in Portslade, East Sussex. We were established in 1937 and have been providing electrical connector solutions for over fifty years to the lighting and electronic sector. We are proud to offer a range in excess of 20,000 products from simple terminal blocks to surface-mount PCB connectors and transformers.

We are excited to be looking for a Purchasing & Procurement Administrator to assist in the purchasing dept who can multi-task and manage time effectively.

**Key responsibilities of the Purchasing and Procurement Assistant role**:

- Raising purchase orders & works orders
- Liaison with production and other departments
- Liaison with suppliers and progressing orders
- Negotiating pricing
- Run various reports and action
- Monitor customer forecasts and anticipate usage
- General admin & filing

**The Ideal Purchasing & Procurement Assistant will**:

- Be highly motivated with a positive, can do, flexible attitude
- Have excellent time keeping and organised approach
- Be a great team player, whilst also being able to work on own initiative
- Have good communication skills
- Possess reasonable IT skills

**Previous purchasing experience would be advantageous**

**Benefits of the Purchasing & Procurement Assistant Role**:

- Opportunity to work as part of a Supportive, Friendly Team
- 22 days holiday including 4 days Christmas shutdown (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 25 days over a 3-year period
- Pension (after qualifying 3 months)
- Yearly bonus - Company performance based

**You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.**

Other suitable skills and experience includes Production Assistant, Procurement Assistant, Buying Assistant, Accounts Administrator, Accounts Assistant, Purchasing Administrator, Purchasing Assistant, Sales Administrator, Office Assistant, Procurement, Finance Assistant, Supply Chain, Buying Assistant