Purchasing Assistant
Join a leading company specialising in fabrication, surface finishing and full assembly throughout the UK and Ireland.
Due to continued growth, they are seeking an experienced Purchasing Assistant to join their team based in Coleraine.
Job Role:
You will be responsible for providing administrative support to the purchasing department.
* Assist with the procurement process
* Maintain purchase records
* Liaise with suppliers and vendors
* Track inventory levels
* Ensure timely delivery of goods
Essential Criteria:
* 2+ years' experience within a purchasing role
* Sage 200 Accounts experience
* Engineering background with ability to read and understand bills of materials
* Good IT skills with demonstrable experience of MS Office especially MS Excel
* Strong problem solving, mathematical and analytical skills
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal - with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels
* Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team
* Ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload while adhering to deadlines
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
* Expediting orders
* Liaising with suppliers to ensure orders are received in full and on time
* Identify delivery date issues and communicate these to the scheduling department
* Develop and maintain successful supplier relationships
* Work with suppliers to resolve any order, delivery and or invoice issues
* Arrange collections of goods from suppliers
* Raise purchase orders for materials and services in line with production requirements
* Maintain accurate supplier pricing
* Assist with cost saving projects
* Administration tasks associated with job role and completed within given timescales
* Working as part of a team to develop continuous improvement ideas
* To perform any other duties as may be reasonably required to ensure successful delivery of all ongoing works within the company workstream