Join a well-established Sheffield company where you'll play a key role in supporting procurement operations and building valuable supplier relationships. Taskmaster Resources are recruiting on behalf of a well-established company in Sheffield area for a Purchasing Assistant with experience. If you're organised, reliable, and have experience as a Purchasing Assistant, we'd love to hear from you. Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 3:30pm and Friday 7:30am to 3pm. Key Accountabilities: * Effectively support the Product & Procurement Manager * Procure materials/consumables in line with the forecasted demand/request * Track open purchase orders to ensure they arrive in a timely manner to minimise disruption * Run planning reports and review data to determine replenishment order quantities and delivery dates * Generate purchase orders, confirm delivery dates, costs and update purchase orders * Run reports to track and chase overdue items * Create inbound deliveries * Create and maintain pricing and vendor relationships within SAP * Generate purchase orders for MTO component parts: laser cuts, machining and fabrication etc. * Generate purchase orders for ad-hoc items * Liaise with suppliers on invoice queries Knowledge, Skills and Experience: * Good understanding of suppliers and supply chain procedures * Foster and nurture excellent supplier relationships on an ongoing basis * Ability to negotiate and maintain accurate records * Good communicator both verbally and written with the ability to adapt to the audience * Supportive team member with a willingness to be flexible to ensure the Product & Procurement team collectively delivers the required level of service to stakeholders * Proficient in MS Word, Excel, SAP and the various Apps within the Intranet with good administration skills and attention to detail * Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative If you are interested in this position please email us your CV / apply