Purchasing Assistant - Blackpool, United Kingdom - Careermakers

Careermakers
Careermakers
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Blackpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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CareerMakers Recruitment are looking for experienced Purchasing Assistant to work for our busy Client based in Lytham St Annes.


Job Purpose:


The role is to support the Engineering, Production, Planning & Logistics, Sales & Marketing and Quality teams through managing our supplier relationships to ensure a timely inventory flow.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Placement of Purchase orders through our supplier base to support our end to end manufacturing process
  • Identify new suppliers as appropriate
  • Liaise with internal departments to effectively deliver the above
  • Track supplier reliability & performance
  • Utilise the demand forecast to identify potential shortfalls, taking appropriate remedial action
  • Review Inventory levels to measure outflow against forecast
  • Ensure Suppliers deliveries meet the identified standards
  • Create and maintain part data for all materials and products purchased
  • Support internal & external teams with new product development

General Requirements:

  • Strong personal organisation skills
  • Ability to deal with challenging situations with a positive, constructive approach
  • Over 2 years' experience of working within a production manufacturing environment with operational experience of managing customer relationships both remotely and face to face

Qualifications/Courses/Experience:

  • Previous experience of MRP systems
  • Good Microsoft office skills
  • Good interpersonal skills written and oral
  • Membership or working towards CIPS/IOSCM

Additional Information:
This role profile summarises the major responsibilities. It is not intended to exclude other activities, nor future changes from the post holders responsibilities.

Working Hours : 8:30 to 5 Mon to Thurs 8:30 to 1:30 Fri

Pay rate :
£ 12 per hour


Salary:
£12.00 per hour


Benefits:


  • Onsite parking

Schedule:

  • 12 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Blackpool, Lancashire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- production manufacturing: 1 year (preferred)

  • Purchasing: 1 year (preferred)
  • Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
  • Microsoft office: 3 years (preferred)
  • MRP systems: 1 year (preferred)
  • CIPS/

IOSCM:
1 year (preferred)


Work Location:
One location


Reference ID:
Purchasing Assistant
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