£16.00 - £18.00 per hour
Monday to Friday | 35 hours per week
Ongoing temporary position with potential to become permanent
We are currently recruiting for a Purchasing Assistant - Procure to Pay to join a busy purchasing and finance team within a large organisation.
This is an ongoing temporary opportunity offering a 35-hour working week, Monday to Friday, with the potential for the role to become permanent.
The position will provide purchasing and transactional support across the organisation, helping ensure goods and services are purchased efficiently, accurately and with value for money in mind.
Key responsibilities
- Providing day-to-day support and advice relating to purchasing and procurement processes.
- Assisting users with purchasing procedures and financial systems, including online purchasing platforms.
- Setting up and validating new suppliers and maintaining an accurate supplier database.
- Raising and maintaining purchase orders and supporting the purchasing of goods and services.
- Maintaining accurate records relating to expenditure approvals, purchasing and payments.
- Providing analysis and evaluation of spend, costs and services when required.
- Supporting the administration of procurement and purchasing activity through financial systems.
- Assisting with system developments and helping to provide guidance and training to users.
- Ensuring purchasing and transactional records are maintained accurately and promptly.
- Supporting purchasing and finance-related projects as required.
- Assisting with purchasing through consortium and framework arrangements to make use of existing contracts.
- Providing wider transactional support across accounts payable and accounts receivable during busy periods or holiday cover.
About you
This role would suit someone with previous experience in purchasing, procurement, finance, accounts payable, accounts receivable or transactional administration.
You will be comfortable working with purchasing systems, maintaining accurate records and dealing with suppliers and internal stakeholders. Strong attention to detail, good communication skills and the ability to manage a varied workload will be important.
The opportunity
- £16.00 - £18.00 per hour
- 35 hours per week
- Monday to Friday
- Ongoing temporary position
- Potential opportunity to become permanent
- Varied purchasing, procurement and finance responsibilities
- Opportunity to gain experience within a large and complex organisation
Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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Purchasing Assistant - Procure to Pay in Plymouth employer: Butler Rose
Join a well-established manufacturing business in Cumbria as a Purchasing Buyer Electronics, where you will thrive in a supportive work culture that values employee growth and development. With a competitive salary and an attractive benefits package including generous annual leave, hybrid working options, and health and wellbeing initiatives, this role offers a meaningful opportunity to make a significant impact on procurement processes while enjoying a balanced work-life environment.
