Purchasing Assistant sought by a thriving manufacturing business which is investing heavily in people and on expanding its manufacturing capacity.

As an additional member of the 3 person purchasing team, you will prepare and raise all required purchase orders and expedite those purchase orders with suppliers in order to ensure purchasing schedule adherence.

The Purchasing Assistant will participate in monitoring the cost of materials, parts and products, also assisting with the auditing of suppliers and continually monitoring their performance in terms of supply, quality, etc.

You will investigate and flag up stock discrepancies between the physical and computer inventory, updating computer records accordingly, and you will be encouraged to make recommendations for procedural changes to eliminate such discrepancies.

You are a Purchasing Assistant who can quickly adapt to the working environment, familiarising yourself with part numbers, product descriptions, products and parts and understanding the capabilities of the various suppliers.

Additionally you are used to maintaining purchasing and stock related records on an ERP / computerised system. You are a good communicator, highly numerate, analytical, organised and someone who can prioritise and multi task whilst maintaining good attention to detail.