📍 Gloucester, England • Posted 10h ago

Purchasing Expeditor / Assistant Buyer

🇬🇧 United Kingdom💰 £30,313 - £67,538 /yr💼 Unknown📂 Machinery Manufacturing
Offered Salary£30,313 - £67,538 /yr
Job TypeUnknown
Location / Work ModeGloucester, England
Sector / CategoryMachinery Manufacturing
💱 Estimated Compensation Breakdown Est. ≈ $62,135 USD/yr
Monthly Pay£4,077 / mo
Bi-Weekly Pay£1,882 / 2-wk
Hourly Rate£23.52 / hr
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Role Overview & Responsibilities

Purchasing Expeditor / Assistant Buyer / Junior Buyer / Operations Co-Ordinator / Purchasing Assistant / Purchasing Co-Ordinator

Business Need / Purpose of Role for the successful Purchasing Expeditor / Assistant Buyer / Junior Buyer / Operations Co-Ordinator / Purchasing Assistant / Purchasing Co-Ordinator :

Responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of purchase orders including planning delivery schedules, keying purchase orders and monitoring order reports.

Objectives:

· Ensure optimal delivery of supplier materials.

· Working closely with other teams within the supply chain.

· Negotiate with suppliers and build strong working relationships.

· Ensuring that internal targets and deadlines are met.

· Attend production meetings.

· Managing purchase order backlog, ensuring order dates and notations are updated.

· Assisting with purchase order entries and purchase administration. Load purchase orders onto system for consignment stock and calibration requirements.

· Assist with loading and updating RFQ’s onto the system.

· Run monthly OTD reports.

· Assist Purchasing Supervisor with GRRN’s and ensure purchase notations are updated.

· Providing cover for other roles within the purchasing/planning team.

· Visit suppliers as required.

Education and/or Experience for the successful Purchasing Expeditor / Assistant Buyer / Junior Buyer / Operations Co-Ordinator / Purchasing Assistant / Purchasing Co-Ordinator:

· Highly motivated, team player with good organisation skills who can work under pressure.

· Ideally have experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment.

· Experience of planning tools i.e., ERP/MRP and vendor management, other related business management systems, Microsoft Office, Excel.

· Strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.

· Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving abilities.

· A proactive approach to changing workload demands in an operational environment.

· Drive for continuous development and process improvement.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • On-site parking
  • Sick pay

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Holidays
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Gloucester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

  • Purchasing Agents & Buyers: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Purchasing Expeditor / Assistant Buyer - Severn

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