Purchasing Assistant
- Employer
- Pertemps Recruitment Partnership
- Location
- Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire
- Salary
- 18950
- Closing date
- 18 May 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Purchasing
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Purchasing Assistant
Department: Direct Materials Purchasing
Location: Ashby
My client is currently recruiting for a purchasing assistant to join their world leading company based in Ashby. They are looking for a self-motivated individual who has previously worked in administration for more than 1 year.
My client is offering a salary of £18,950.
This role is a 6 month fixed term contract.
Role Purpose
To assist the Direct Materials Purchasing team in daily activities that support availability via routine replenishment of planned items into the distribution centre. Ensuring order data is accurately loaded into the ERP system to generate orders and transmitted onto and confirmed with suppliers each week. Also providing inbound shipment data to facilitate accurate receipt of goods for main suppliers is critical for continuous operation and inbound flow of goods.
Key responsibilities
• Ownership of the ASN (Advanced Shipping Notice) process in line with the requirements of both Purchasing and Goods-In, facilitating the smooth flow of materials into the DC from suppliers
• Ensuring all MIN MAX / MRP system generated orders are submitted to suppliers, and any order adjustments made according to order acknowledgements
• Resolve invoice queries relating to replenishment orders brought to attention by accounts payable
• Updating relevant databases daily to ensure information used is correct
• Raise credit claims working with Quality team, Goods-Inwards and suppliers to recover costs
• On a weekly basis ensure returns are actioned working closely with Goods-Inwards
• Support the ‘shortages' process
• Assist with any other reasonable task
What do I need to be brilliant at?
• •Great communication skills
• •Good purchasing and administrative skills
• •Self-motivated, with the ability to organise own workload to achieve personal effectiveness
• •High-quality standards
• •Highly flexible and adaptive
Education and qualifications needed
• •Grade ‘C' or greater in Mathematics, English
• Administration experience of more than 1 year
Key stakeholders
• Suppliers of glass and associated products
• Bardon Warehouse teams
• Central Purchasing team
• Inventory & Planning team
• Materials Buyer Planners
• Purchasing Controller
• Purchasing Manager – Direct and Central Materials
Embodies the company values
• Caring – We care about what matters to our people, customers, partners and communities and this is reflected in our work.
• Genuine – We create an environment where people can be themselves. We deliver on our promises and are honest, fair and trustworthy in everything we do.
• Collaborative – We engage each other, we support and trust each-other and we deliver as one team.
• Driven – With courage and determination we take ownership to deliver and find new ways to grow the business and ourselves in a sustainable way.
If you feel you have the right skills then please click Apply! Or call the office on
Department: Direct Materials Purchasing
Location: Ashby
My client is currently recruiting for a purchasing assistant to join their world leading company based in Ashby. They are looking for a self-motivated individual who has previously worked in administration for more than 1 year.
My client is offering a salary of £18,950.
This role is a 6 month fixed term contract.
Role Purpose
To assist the Direct Materials Purchasing team in daily activities that support availability via routine replenishment of planned items into the distribution centre. Ensuring order data is accurately loaded into the ERP system to generate orders and transmitted onto and confirmed with suppliers each week. Also providing inbound shipment data to facilitate accurate receipt of goods for main suppliers is critical for continuous operation and inbound flow of goods.
Key responsibilities
• Ownership of the ASN (Advanced Shipping Notice) process in line with the requirements of both Purchasing and Goods-In, facilitating the smooth flow of materials into the DC from suppliers
• Ensuring all MIN MAX / MRP system generated orders are submitted to suppliers, and any order adjustments made according to order acknowledgements
• Resolve invoice queries relating to replenishment orders brought to attention by accounts payable
• Updating relevant databases daily to ensure information used is correct
• Raise credit claims working with Quality team, Goods-Inwards and suppliers to recover costs
• On a weekly basis ensure returns are actioned working closely with Goods-Inwards
• Support the ‘shortages' process
• Assist with any other reasonable task
What do I need to be brilliant at?
• •Great communication skills
• •Good purchasing and administrative skills
• •Self-motivated, with the ability to organise own workload to achieve personal effectiveness
• •High-quality standards
• •Highly flexible and adaptive
Education and qualifications needed
• •Grade ‘C' or greater in Mathematics, English
• Administration experience of more than 1 year
Key stakeholders
• Suppliers of glass and associated products
• Bardon Warehouse teams
• Central Purchasing team
• Inventory & Planning team
• Materials Buyer Planners
• Purchasing Controller
• Purchasing Manager – Direct and Central Materials
Embodies the company values
• Caring – We care about what matters to our people, customers, partners and communities and this is reflected in our work.
• Genuine – We create an environment where people can be themselves. We deliver on our promises and are honest, fair and trustworthy in everything we do.
• Collaborative – We engage each other, we support and trust each-other and we deliver as one team.
• Driven – With courage and determination we take ownership to deliver and find new ways to grow the business and ourselves in a sustainable way.
If you feel you have the right skills then please click Apply! Or call the office on
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