Purchasing Assistant - Elevation Recruitment Group : Job Details

Job Title: Purchasing Assistant

Location: Keighley

Temp – 3 Months, weekly pay

Salary: £26000 - £30000

Elevation Recruitment are working exclusively with a fantastic business based in Keighley.

They are looking to recruit for a Purchasing Assistant to join the team on a temporary basis for 3 months. The role is a standalone role within the procurement team, so the individual must have prior knowledge of working in a similar role or within stores.

Main Duties will include:

• Plan, forecast, place & expedite orders to meet the delivery requirements of each project;
• Work closely with the Group Procurement Director and Engineering Department to champion the commercial objectives of the business;
• Support production operations to ensure material needed to build the company's products are available when required;
• Negotiate price, delivery, specifications and quality to meet project budgets and technical requirements;
• Negotiate contract terms and conditions with suppliers to meet project requirements;
• Manage design changes and variations to contract and coordinate with the Engineering Department and Production;
• Manage purchasing enquiries, analysis of quotations & decisions based on evaluation of quotations;
• Responsible for master data entry and integrity of vendor master records, purchasing information records, and contracts;
• Attending multifunctional project team meetings to gather information on operational needs and to give progress on supplier orders;
• Collect KPIs and data for the Group Procurement Director to analysis on a monthly basis; In terms of the type of person we are looking for we ideally need someone who is agile because Dowson is a small workforce, which means colleagues sometimes need to help out in other areas.

Other key requirements would be:

• Procurement experience working in a technical/manufacturing environment;
• Experience of project-based, work to order manufacturing environment;
• Experience working alongside engineers and technical staff; • Familiarity with SAGE or manufacturing ordering systems, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other Office software;
• Self motivated and able to organise own workload;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines;
• Proactive individual with strong problem solving skills and a focus on solutions

If you are interested in this vacancy please get in touch ASAP.