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Purchasing Assistant

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
London / Home Counties
Salary
£20,000
Closing date
3 Oct 2018

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Purchasing, Supply Chain
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Purchasing Assistant

Job ref: 61711 | £20,000 | London

The company

This high end international business offers an inspiring working environment and focuses on professional development of all their staff.  The business is dedicated to innovation and quality and is one of the market leading manufacturers in their sector.

The job

Supporting the Purchasing Manager, as Purchasing Assistant you will keep accurate account of stock and ordering activities plus assist the Stores and Purchase Managers to count, amend and order stock. This role provides the pivotal link between purchase, stores and kitchen departments.

You will also ensure compliance with company H&S / food safety policies, monitor product quality, assist with the preparations of client tenders, complete office admin as required and carry out ad hoc purchasing for events and other occasions.

Your experience

You will be a highly organised and motivated individual who has some previous experience in a stores, purchasing or similar warehousing related role, most ideally within the food production industry. An NVQ Level 2 in warehousing/stock control would be a distinct advantage. You will have good IT skills including MS Office, have a flexible approach plus possess excellent communication skills.

More details

The Purchasing Assistant job is based in the London region and is paying £20,000. Flexibility will be required to provide emergency cover and also weekend cover will be required as per operational requests.

How to apply

If this really sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Purchasing Assistant job, please click the Apply button.

Or, alternatively you can apply directly for this job, by emailing me, Ryan Marchant, ryan@b3jobs.co.uk quoting job reference 61711.

What happens next?

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to be able to contact you about your job search, for full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website. We aim to contact you within 24 hours on the assumption that your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All of our consultants have considerable experience in recruitment so you can be confident that they will have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

We deal with food jobs covering product development / NPD, quality assurance / QA, technical, process, production, operations, planning, supply, sales, account management, engineering, microbiology, food technology, specifications, marketing, logistics, purchasing, hygiene and auditing. We cover all job levels including Assistants, Technologists, Technicians, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Managers and Directors.

Alternative job titles

Stores Assistant | Stock Control Jobs | Stock Controller | Warehousing Jobs | Supply Chain Assistant | FMCG Supply Chain Jobs | Purchasing Jobs | Food Industry Jobs in London

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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