Purchasing Assistant - Manufacturing
Corby
£30,000
Monday - Thursday 08:00 - 17:00 Friday 08:00 16:00 (39hr working week).
This is an excellent opportunity to join a company who are innovative, successful and forward thinking.
Responsibilities and Duties:
* Handling and raising purchase orders.
* Negotiating new and existing supplier contracts whilst building solid relationships.
* Liaising with suppliers in the UK, Turkey, USA, China
* Sourcing manufactured parts and raw materials.
* Process ownership of ERP elements.
* Forecasting, liaising and scheduling
* Ownership of Raw, WIP and Finished stocks across subsidiary warehouses and the management of PI counts.
* Work closely with operations to plan weekly manufacturing requirements for both UK and USA subsidiaries.
* Supplier performance management (measuring Quality, Delivery and Costs).
* Manage ongoing KPI objectives.
Required:
1. Minimum 5years relevant purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment and purchasing
2. must have worked with heavy/hard materials i.e. metals, or plastics
3. Previous experience working closely with Suppliers.
4. Purchasing qualifications will be an advantage.
5. Strong MS Excel skills Pivot tables / V Lookups
6. Must have solid expe...