Purchasing Assistant

Lever, Inc.; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Staff discount

Birthday day off

Pension contributions

Life assurance

Learning & development

Volunteer days

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Mulberry in Somerset, England, is seeking an organized Purchasing Assistant on a fixed-term maternity cover to support UK factories. You will generate purchase orders, track deliveries, reconcile receipts, and collaborate with Production Planning, Costing and Finance to ensure material availability and accurate data.

The role offers hybrid working, a competitive salary, staff discounts, birthday leave, pension contributions, life assurance, and development opportunities in a busy manufacturing

Qualifications

• Experience in a purchasing environment.
• Proficient Excel skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to work at a fast pace and prioritise workload.

Responsibilities

• Generate and issue purchase orders for UK production materials.
• Expedite orders and communicate delays to the UK production and sourcing teams.
• Ensure weekly dates are kept up to date in the system.
• Reconcile goods received with GRNs and assist with invoice queries.
• Collaborate with production planning to manage material availability and reduce delays.
• Support costing with up-to-date UK BOMs and reporting requirements.
• Review production consumables stock weekly to meet forward requirements.

Skills

Experience in purchasing

Excel

Communication

Attention to detail

Fast-paced work

Job description

Born in 1971, the roots of Mulberry are in Somerset, England. For more than fifty years, Mulberry has been a British lifestyle brand, internationally acclaimed for quality and design capturing the Mulberry Spirit.

Sustainability has been part of the Mulberry ethos since the brand's inception, in recognition of our purpose-driven approach, in 2024 we proudly achieved B Corp Certification.

Today, we are a global brand, but our values remain the same; we are committed to improving our impact on people and the planet.To do this our people are honest, dynamic, and community spirited.

If these are values you share, we would love you to join our team.

We are looking for an organised and detail-oriented Purchasing Assistant to join our Sourcing team on a fixed-term maternity cover contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain or administration who enjoys working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Supporting our UK factories, you will play a key role in ensuring raw materials and production consumables are ordered, tracked and delivered on time, helping to maintain efficient production operations.

Working closely with suppliers and internal teams across Production Planning, Costing and Finance, you will help ensure accurate purchasing data, timely material availability and excellent administrative support across the Purchasing function.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Generating and issuing purchase orders for UK production raw materials.
• Expediting orders, communicating any delays to the UK production and sourcing team
• Ensure weekly changing dates are kept up to date on the system
• Ensuring all goods received are reconciled with GRNs and supporting with any invoice queries.
• Work closely with production planning team to manage and limit any material delays
• Working closely with the costing team on ensuring UK BOMs are all up to date and accurate, as well as providing support on any reporting requirements
• Weekly review of production consumables stock – ensuring factory forward requirements are covered in line with supplier lead time.
• Assisting in managing the raw material stock take twice yearly

Culture:

• Understand and demonstrate the Mulberry employee values and behaviours: Be Bold, Be Imaginative, Be Open, Be Responsible.
• Support Mulberry to deliver an inclusive culture, through behaving in a way that is open-minded and respectful towards others, and understanding that your views, opinions, and experiences may not always be shared by your colleagues.
• Act as an ambassador for Mulberry and communicate positively about the brand.

Sustainability:

• As a certified B Corp business, it is important to incorporate environmentally responsible practices into your work wherever possible. Support the businesses ‘Five C’s’ strategy in addressing and improving Climate, Cultivation, Craft, Culture and Circularity. Promote a greener, more sustainable future.
• Support to foster an environment where diversity is embraced and all individuals feel valued, respected and included. Promote equity, empathy and understanding and demonstrate this commitment within your internal and external communities.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Experience in a purchasing environment
• A proficient level using all Microsoft office programs, particularly Excel
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to work at a fast pace, prioritise work and organise themselves well in a varied role to ensure deadlines are met.

What we can do for you:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Generous staff discount and access to staff sales
• Birthday day off
• Pension contributions and life assurance
• Learning and development opportunities
• Two paid volunteering days per year
• Access to Help@Hand wellbeing support, including remote GP appointments, mental health support, physiotherapy, personal training and retail discounts

Mulberry is an equal opportunities employer and we are passionate about hiring and developing the best talent. All hiring decisions are made only on the basis of qualifications, skills or experience and as they relate to the particular role.