Assistant Buyer
Telford
Permanent
Up to £35,000 per annum depending on experience
Monday – Friday 37.5 hours per week
Are you looking to develop your career within Purchasing, Procurement and Supply Chain?
Do you enjoy building supplier relationships, managing stock levels and ensuring materials are available to meet business demands?
An established and growing manufacturing business is looking to recruit an Assistant Buyer to join its Purchasing team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous buying, procurement, purchasing administration or materials planning experience who is looking to further develop their career within a fast-paced environment.
As the Assistant Buyer, your key responsibilities will include:
Managing the end-to-end procurement process, from generating purchase orders through to supplier delivery
Monitoring open orders and proactively following up with suppliers to maintain delivery schedules
Developing effective supplier partnerships and supporting supplier performance and service levels
Obtaining quotations and helping secure the best value in terms of cost, quality and lead times
Reviewing inventory levels and ensuring materials are available to meet production and customer demand
Maintaining accurate purchasing, stock and supplier data within the ERP/MRP system
Assisting with forecasting and material planning activities to support business requirements
Collaborating with Production, Planning, Warehouse and Supply Chain teams to coordinate material flow
Ensuring purchasing records, contracts and supplier documentation are kept up to date and compliant
Identifying opportunities to improve purchasing efficiency, reduce costs and strengthen supply chain performance
The Person:
Previous experience in an Assistant Buyer, Purchasing Assistant, Purchasing Administrator, Procurement Coordinator, Buyer, Materials Planner or Supply Chain role
Understanding of purchasing, procurement and stock control processes
Experience of raising and progressing purchase orders within an ERP/MRP system
Strong communication and supplier relationship management skills
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
Commercially aware with good negotiation skills
Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and ERP systems
Experience within manufacturing, engineering, FMCG or a similar fast-paced environment would be advantageous
The application process:
Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.
We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we're able to progress with your application within 72 working hours . If you do not hear from us within this time your details won't be retained. So, if you're not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.
About Us
Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client.Whether you're seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract you'll find us easy to deal with.Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales.Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment.With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.
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