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Purchasing Assistant

Job Posted: 8 hours ago

Salary: £ 13.45 - 13.45 / Hour
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Join a well-established Sheffield company where you'll play a key role in supporting procurement operations and building valuable supplier relationships.

Taskmaster Resources are recruiting on behalf of a well-established company in Sheffield area for a Purchasing Assistant with experience. If you're organised, reliable, and have experience as a Purchasing Assistant, we'd love to hear from you.

Hours of work:

Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 3:30pm and Friday 7:30am to 3pm.

Key Accountabilities:

  * Effectively support the Product & Procurement Manager

  * Procure materials/consumables in line with the forecasted demand/request

  * Track open purchase orders to ensure they arrive in a timely manner to minimise disruption

  * Run planning reports and review data to determine replenishment order quantities and delivery dates

  * Generate purchase orders, confirm delivery dates, costs and update purchase orders

  * Run reports to track and chase overdue items

  * Create inbound deliveries

  * Create and maintain pricing and vendor relationships within SAP

  * Generate purchase orders for MTO component parts: laser cuts, machining and fabrication etc.

  * Generate purchase orders for ad-hoc items

  * Liaise with suppliers on invoice queries

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

  * Good understanding of suppliers and supply chain procedures

  * Foster and nurture excellent supplier relationships on an ongoing basis

  * Ability to negotiate and maintain accurate records

  * Good communicator both verbally and written with the ability to adapt to the audience

  * Supportive team member with a willingness to be flexible to ensure the Product & Procurement team collectively delivers the required level of service to stakeholders

  * Proficient in MS Word, Excel, SAP and the various Apps within the Intranet with good administration skills and attention to detail

  * Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative

If you are interested in this position please email us your CV / apply

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