Purchasing Assistant

Purchasing Assistant

£22,000-25,000 per annum DOE

Sunderland

Jackson Hogg Procurement division are exclusively partnering with a manufacturing organisation in Sunderland on the appointment of a Purchasing Assistant to join their close-knit, established team. This is a full time and permanent role offering up to £25,000 per annum DOE.

This role includes genuine progression and development opportunities, the view to become Buyer with CIPS funding as part of the package!

As Purchasing Assistant, you will take a leading role to deliver best in class purchasing across the plant. You will report directly into the Senior Buyer, providing end to end operational and strategic support.

The Role:

• To provide support to a high performing purchasing team, delivering best in class purchasing across the plant.
• To provide a full range of administration support to the business
• Process Request for Spends
• Manage and develop purchasing documentation
• Process supplier invoice queries
• Assist and provide support to other departments with SAP issues and learning
• Contract Management
• Assist with direct & indirect cost negotiations
• New Supplier Set ups
• Co-ordinate meeting room bookings and assist with meeting preparations as required
• Responsible for managing stationary inventory for site
• Provide general administrative support to various functional areas such as Finance, HR, etc. as required in support of the business
• Other general administrative duties as required

The Person:

• 1 year experience in procurement or purchasing would be preferred
• Bright forward-thinking individual wanting to progress and develop
• Experience with using SAP or a similar MRP or ERP software
• Experience setting up new suppliers
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

For more information, please get in touch with Gemma Yeadon - Principal Consultant | Procurement at Jackson Hogg.