P+S Personnel are pleased to be working on behalf of our clients, who are currently seeking a Purchasing Assistant to join their team based in Lowestoft on a full-time, permanent basis. Main Responsibilities: Assist the Purchasing Manager in the day-to-day running of the group purchasing function. Create and review purchase requests for material(s) via extracted data from the companies MRP system or manual purchase requests. Liaise and place purchase orders with approved suppliers via MRP system. Assist the Mail Order Purchasing Team in all purchasing related activities during peak and other required times such as holiday cover. Progress outstanding purchase orders with suppliers – Updating MRP system. Coordinate and liaise purchasing related topics with the Manufacturing / Production team members on a daily basis. To be commercially aware and able to communicate to all staff as required to match business objectives. Support and promote strong supplier relationships. Develop, understand and monitor supplier performance using KPI’s to make strategic supplier decisions. Able to understand and identify the importance of dual source to protect the requirements of the business needs. Assist in the collation and placement of import orders outside of the EU – India & China. Communicate with the Accounts Department to ensure material cost changes are picked up and deliveries reconcile with purchase or...