Purchasing Assistant - Manufacturing

Corby

£28,000 - £31,000 dependent on experience

Monday - Thursday 08:00 - 17:00 Friday 08:00 – 16:00 (39hr working week).

This is an excellent opportunity to join a company who are innovative, successful and forward thinking.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Handling and raising purchase orders.

• Negotiating new and existing supplier contracts whilst building solid relationships.

• Liaising with suppliers in the UK, Turkey, USA, China

• Sourcing manufactured parts and raw materials.

• Process ownership of ERP elements.

• Ownership of Raw, WIP and Finished stocks across subsidiary warehouses and the management of PI counts.

• Work closely with operations to plan weekly manufacturing requirements for both UK and USA subsidiaries.

• Supplier performance management (measuring Quality, Delivery and Costs).

• Manage ongoing KPI objectives.

Required:

• Minimum 2 years relevant purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Previous experience working closely with Suppliers.

• Purchasing qualifications will be an advantage.

• Strong MS Excel skills – Pivot tables / V Lookups

• Must have solid experience using ERP systems.

• Good knowledge of how BOMs and routings work.

• High levels of attention to detail and outstanding organisational skills.

• Ability to establish and develop relationships with internal and external sources.

• Must be computer literate and have great verbal and written communications skills.

• Must have experience in negotiating with suppliers. 

• Can do attitude is a must.

25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Progression potential

Pension scheme