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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.
