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Purchasing Assistant

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
North West England
Salary
£20,000 - £22,000
Closing date
9 Mar 2021

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Purchasing
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Purchasing Assistant

Job ref: 62767 | £20,000 - £22,000 | North West

The company

This role is working for an extremely successful, BRC AA Graded food manufacturer. The business which is dedicated to supplying high quality products and combined with exceptional service, enable their food manufacturing customers to innovate and increase productivity without compromising on quality.

The job

The business is seeking a Purchasing Assistant to join their Finance function. The purpose of your role will be to assist the procurement function in providing key support for the business ensuring an efficient supply chain.

Key duties:

  • Provide administrative support for the Purchasing Manager
  • Carry out raw material usage analysis
  • Monitoring & expediting orders
  • Carry out inventory checks
  • Update the company ERP system (AX Dynamics)
  • Communicating regularly with key suppliers
  • Aid in the running the MRP system
  • Process purchase orders and monitor invoice price levels

Your experience

To be considered for the Purchasing Assistant job, you will possess previous experience in a purchasing administration role and ideally be educated to a degree level in a relevant discipline.

You will be highly organised, have good communication skills and excellent attention to detail.

You will numerate and IT literate including Excel, and preferably have working knowledge of ERP systems. Experience working in a manufacturing environment is also desirable.

More details

The Purchasing Assistant job is based in the North West region and is paying £20,000 - £22,000 according to individual skills and previous experience.

The working hours are Monday to Thursday (8 am – 4.30 pm) and Fridays (7.30 am – 3 pm).

How to apply

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

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 our consultants have considerable recruitment experience so you can be confident they have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

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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