Purchasing Expeditor and Assistant Buyer
- Employer
- Confidential
- Location
- Stroud
- Salary
- 24000.00 - 24000.00 GBP Annual
- Closing date
- 11 Jul 2022
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- Specialist Area
- Buyer
- Sector
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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LOCATION: Stroud, Gloucestershire
HOURS: 08.00 - 16.30 Monday to Thursday and 08.00 - 14.00 Friday (37.5 hours per week)
START DATE: Immediate
PAY: GBP24,000pa
PERMANENT POSITION
Job: Purchasing Expeditor and Assistant Buyer
We are looking for a Purchasing Expeditor and Assistant Buyer. You will be responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of purchase orders including: planning delivery schedules, keying purchase orders and monitoring order reports.
Responsibilities:
• Ensure optimal delivery of supplier materials.
• Working closely with other teams within the supply chain.
• Negotiate with suppliers and build strong working relationships.
• Ensuring that internal targets and deadlines are met.
• Attend production meetings.
• Managing purchase order backlog, ensuring order dates and notations are updated.
• Assisting with purchase order entries and purchase administration. Load purchase orders
• onto system for consignment stock and calibration requirements.
• Assist with loading and updating RFQ's onto the system.
• Run monthly OTD reports.
• Assist Purchasing Supervisor with GRRN's and ensure purchase notations are updated.
• Providing cover for other roles within the purchasing/planning team.
• Visit suppliers as required.
Requirements:
• Highly motivated, team player with good organisation skills who is able to work under
• pressure.
• Ideally have experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Experience of planning tools i.e. ERP/MRP and vendor management, other related
• business management systems, Microsoft Office, Excel.
• Strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem solving abilities.
• A proactive approach to changing workload demands in an operational environment.
• Drive for continuous development and process improvement.
Rewards:
• Free Parking
• Contributory Pension after qualifying period
• ESS Discount Outlet Package with amazing savings on shopping, travelling, and dining out
HOURS: 08.00 - 16.30 Monday to Thursday and 08.00 - 14.00 Friday (37.5 hours per week)
START DATE: Immediate
PAY: GBP24,000pa
PERMANENT POSITION
Job: Purchasing Expeditor and Assistant Buyer
We are looking for a Purchasing Expeditor and Assistant Buyer. You will be responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of purchase orders including: planning delivery schedules, keying purchase orders and monitoring order reports.
Responsibilities:
• Ensure optimal delivery of supplier materials.
• Working closely with other teams within the supply chain.
• Negotiate with suppliers and build strong working relationships.
• Ensuring that internal targets and deadlines are met.
• Attend production meetings.
• Managing purchase order backlog, ensuring order dates and notations are updated.
• Assisting with purchase order entries and purchase administration. Load purchase orders
• onto system for consignment stock and calibration requirements.
• Assist with loading and updating RFQ's onto the system.
• Run monthly OTD reports.
• Assist Purchasing Supervisor with GRRN's and ensure purchase notations are updated.
• Providing cover for other roles within the purchasing/planning team.
• Visit suppliers as required.
Requirements:
• Highly motivated, team player with good organisation skills who is able to work under
• pressure.
• Ideally have experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Experience of planning tools i.e. ERP/MRP and vendor management, other related
• business management systems, Microsoft Office, Excel.
• Strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem solving abilities.
• A proactive approach to changing workload demands in an operational environment.
• Drive for continuous development and process improvement.
Rewards:
• Free Parking
• Contributory Pension after qualifying period
• ESS Discount Outlet Package with amazing savings on shopping, travelling, and dining out
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