Purchasing Administrator

TN United Kingdom; Chester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Purchasing Administrator to join their dynamic team. This role involves placing and expediting purchase orders, ensuring timely deliveries, and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers. You will thrive in a stimulating environment, where your communication skills and ability to prioritize tasks will shine. With a competitive salary and generous holiday allowance, this opportunity is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a supportive and collaborative setting.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free parking

Challenging environment

Qualifications

• Experience in an Engineering/Manufacturing background is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and a persuasive telephone manner.

Responsibilities

• Place and expedite purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery.
• Resolve purchase order queries and manage supplier relationships.

Skills

Communication Skills

Excel

Outlook

Prioritization

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We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Purchasing Administrator to join this leading provider of electronic design and assembly services in Widnes, Cheshire.

About the company

With over 70 years of collective experience in areas as diverse as avionics, automotive subsystems, digital video, distributed data acquisition, motor control and smart card development, our client works with their customers at the leading edge of new product development from initial design, prototyping and certification through to volume manufacture, ongoing service, maintenance and repair. In short - the complete product lifecycle.

About the role

As a Purchasing Administrator, you will be reporting to the purchasing team leader and be responsible for placing and efficiently expediting purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery is achieved for customers. Duties will include:

• Placing purchase orders on the in-house database – amending and updating where necessary
• Dealing with purchase order queries – resolving short delivery issues and arranging return of incorrect items received
• Securing timely delivery on short lead times with the change in production demand
• Efficiently expedite purchase orders with suppliers
• Creating and managing relationships with approved suppliers
• Liaising directly with customers to secure prompt delivery of free-issue components
• Providing administration support to the purchasing department

About you

To be successful for the role of Purchasing Administrator previous experience of working within an Engineering / Manufacturing background is desirable but is not essential and you must be / have:

• Excellent communication skills with a confident & persuasive telephone manner
• Able to prioritise workloads and work well under pressure
• Knowledge of Excel and Outlook is essential

About the hours and rewards

For the role of Purchasing Administrator the hours are 8am to 4pm Mon to Fri but reduced hours will be considered and there is a salary on offer of £20,000 to £22,000 per annum depending on experience plus:

• 25 days holiday (plus an additional 1 day for each complete calender year, to a maximum of 30 days) plus statutory bank holidays
• Free parking
• A challenging and stimulating environment