Job summary

A successful engineering business require a Purchasing Administrator. Applicants should have experience working in a similar purchasing/supply chain support role, or as an administrator raising purchase orders and liaising internally / externally

Key skills required for this role

Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain

Important

Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain

Job description

A successful engineering business require a Purchasing Administrator. Applicants should have experience working in a similar purchasing/supply chain support role, or as an administrator raising purchase orders and liaising internally / externally

The Purchasing Administrator will be responsible for a range of administrative and junior procurement tasks in support of the Supply Chain team.

Specific duties of the Purchasing Assistant include:

• Generate and raise purchase orders for goods and services needed by the business on company MRP system
• Obtain order acknowledgement from suppliers
• Expedite late deliveries from suppliers
• Generate reports and KPIs in support of the supply chain team
• Invoice and credit card reconciliation

Purchasing Assistants should meet the following criteria:

• Experience as an Administrator working with purchase orders, or similar purchasing / supply chain experience
• Previous exposure to a manufacturing or engineering environment would be advantageous but not essential
• IT literacy - MS Office
• Excellent communication, relationship building (internal and external) and teamwork skills
• Motivated, self-starter