Purchasing Assistant - Brierley Hill, United Kingdom - Pertemps Dudley West Brom Perms

Pertemps Dudley West Brom Perms

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Brierley Hill, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are recruiting a Purchasing assistant for an Engineering company based in Brierley Hill, the role is to support the buyer purchase of goods, materials, and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, taking into account price, qualityand delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.

The main duties will be:

Support the Procurement team in the development of product category strategies by undertaking market analysis and research.
Take accountability for a small product category to support future development
Assist the team in data collection on supplier performance
Collate Request for Quotation (RFQ) responses and complete costing sheets
Support buyers in the critical path management of preproduction samples for new tenders managed by the procurement team
Support team in collating supplier samples and brochures for new product/solution innovation to sales
Manage supplier Invoice Queries and resolve in agreed timescales
Understand and deliver to stakeholder requirements
Produce and maintain information on supplier nonconformance
Work with clients across the business to analyse demand and assist in the specification of goods and services to be supplied
Develop and maintain a supplier database to strengthen the procurement process
Liaise with suppliers on quality problems in conjunction with company quality standards
Maintain technical reference files for all bought components and related suppliers
Provide technical support on procurement including requirements under EU procurement rules set out in the Official Journal of the European Community (OJEU) and achieving value under different procurement models
Build, maintain, and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
Report on procurement key performance indicators (KPIs)
Previous experience within a similar purchasing position.
Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others o Proactively contributes to the team
Actively committed to teams' development
Is selfaware, optimistic, and open to change
Shows moral courage, openness, and honesty in all dealing

In return the company will provide full support and training on the products side of things, this is a very stable company, so it is an excellent to join.