Purchasing Assistant

Purchasing Assistant
Windsor, Berkshire

Looking to take the next step in your career as a Purchasing Assistant? Want to grow your skill-set with a business that invests in their people, promotes a healthy work/life balance and finishes early on Fridays? If so, read on. 

The Company 

Our client is a market leader in their field, part of an international plc and a major global force in a range of healthcare and health & safety related markets. They are now looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join their diverse and driven team. 
 
The Rewards 

- Salary of £20,000 - £24,000 DOE
- Pension
- Share plan
- Casual dress code
- Ample parking
- Finish early on Fridays
- 25 days’ holiday 

As a successful British manufacturer, our client has been providing leading products for the past 100 years and strives to look at the world with fresh eyes to create innovative new product designs. 

Our client’s strength comes from their people, who care about each other, their customers and patients. The company fosters a friendly and sociable work environment with regular breaks, free fruit and tea and coffee. 

Once you join this dedicated team, you’ll be given plenty of opportunities to increase your knowledge and grow alongside the business. 

The Role 

As a Purchasing Assistant, you’ll provide a high-quality administration service to the Purchasing Department. 

In this important role, you’ll enable our client to continue making ground-breaking products by ensuring that all component parts are delivered on time. 

Specifically, you will:

- Manage the supply chain system on a day-to-day basis 
- Make sure that orders to suppliers are acknowledged in a timely manner
- Chase up any suppliers who are late with deliveries 
- Continuously seek to improve the delivery of products 
- Inform Engineering Buyers and Supply Chain Manager of any potential shortages
- Identify ways to improve departmental processes 

About You 

To be considered, you will need:

- Administration experience
- Purchasing experience 
- Great communication skills
- A positive, ‘can do’ attitude 
- Strong team-working skills 

Ideally, you will have previous experience in a manufacturing department, but this is by no means essential. 

Other job titles you may have held could include Purchasing Administrator, Administrator, Admin Assistant or Purchasing Co-ordinator. 

Our client is also interested in hearing from candidates who have previously worked as a Procurement Assistant, Procurement Administrator or Supply Chain Administrator. 

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. 

So, if you are an enthusiastic Purchasing Assistant who shares our client’s values of professionalism, quality and entrepreneurship, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 8:00 – 16:45 Monday – Thursday, 8:00 – 13:00 on Friday