Assistant Buyer

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:

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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.

Reference: AA27085

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