Purchasing Assistant - Pontypool, United Kingdom - Hawk 3 Talent Solutions
Description
Job Title:
Purchasing Assistant
Location:
Crumlin
Job Type:
Part Time (24hrs) - 5 hours per day Mon - Thurs - 4 hours on Friday
Salary:
Up to £25k per annum (pro-rata £15,385 pa)
Purpose of Role
To support the requirement of production & prototype part purchasing, supplier development and customer/supplier logístical control.
Key Responsibilities:
- Purchase of components to support production, prototype builds, ensuring best value for these specialised components
- Communicate with suppliers on lead times, pricing, delivery dates
- Request quotations & raise purchase orders
- Build and maintain a good relationship with suppliers
- Assist the Purchasing Supervisor in developing existing & new component and tooling suppliers
- Ensure that all Purchase Orders across the business are placed with the best value suppliers
- Ensure that all materials are ordered and managed via the SAGE MRP system aligned to production POs/Schedules/EDIs/Requirements and prototype builds
- Support the Business Unit Project Managers to ensure all purchasing timings are met for new projects
- Management of logístical requirements at both supplier & OEM, ensuring customer & programme delivery expectations are met
- Support the Purchasing Supervisor & Quality Manager in supplier audits for prototype parts and tooling
- Assist the Purchasing Supervisor in ensuring that annual contracts are controlled, and that sufficient timing is generated to allow for the appropriate levels of negotiation
Key Requirements:
- Maintain a high standard of Health and Safety based upon safe working practices and support environmental initiatives
- Ideally holding a minimum HND in Supply Chain Management, Business or Engineering (or equivalent) (CIPS accredited would be desirable not essential)
- The ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders across the business
- Experience working in a fastmoving environment
- Ability to read a technical drawing
- Competent in communicating technical requirements to the supply base whilst inturn issuing succinct feedback to the programme team
- Strategic thinker with the ability to influence at all levels
- Excellent communication and negotiating skills
- Strong organisational, planning and time management skills
- Be able to listen and communicate with senior management, suppliers, and staff to a high level
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under frequent changing priorities
- Demonstrated project management experience driving to successful project completion
- Strong financial acumen
- Computer literacy including Word and Excel; Sage 200 experience would be desirable
Job Type:
Permanent
Salary:
Up to £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Work Location:
One location
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