Purchasing Assistant

Maine Group; Coleraine; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and rapidly growing company as a Purchasing Assistant, where your skills will contribute to the success of various industries. This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a supportive team environment. You'll engage with suppliers, manage purchase orders, and play a vital role in ensuring smooth operations. The company values professional development and offers a competitive salary and benefits package. With flexible working hours and a commitment to employee wellbeing, this position is perfect for detail-oriented individuals ready to advance their careers in a thriving industry.

Benefits

Flexi time

Enhanced holidays

Competitive salary and benefits package

Bonus twice a year

Career development opportunities

Annual social events

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year experience as a Purchasing Assistant or in a similar role.
• Proficient IT skills with demonstrable experience of MS Office packages.

Responsibilities

• Raise purchase orders for materials and services as per production needs.
• Expedite orders and liaise with suppliers to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Purchasing Assistance

Sage 200 Accounts

MS Office (especially MS Excel)

Professional Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Experience in a similar role

Engineering background (preferred)

Tools

Sage 200 Accounts

MS Office

Job description

Maine Group market leaders in their industry, renowned for specialist fabrication, surface finishing and full assembly. The business has gone from strength to strength and grown rapidly over the last 10 years, becoming a strategic supply chain partner to numerous industries including data centres, construction, transport and material handling.

We are seeking an experienced Purchasing Assistant to join our Purchasing Team. This is an exciting time to join an established growing team with professional development opportunities, coupled with a competitive salary and benefits package. If you’re a motivated, detail-oriented individual ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you!

Hours of work:
8.00am-5.00pm Monday to Thursday, 8.00am-2.00pm Friday (flexitime available)

Location: Coleraine

Benefits:

• Flexi time, where you can avail of a daily 4PM finish and a 12.30PM finish on a Friday
• Enhanced holidays
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Bonus twice a year
• Career development opportunities
• Annual social events and wellbeing initiatives
• Life assurance

Key Responsibilities:

• Raise purchase orders for materials and services in line with production requirements.
• Expediting orders, liaising with suppliers to ensure orders are received in full and on time to work toward reducing supplier lead times.
• Identify delivery date issues, which may affect production and escalate these to the scheduling department.
• Develop and maintain successful supplier relationships. Work with suppliers to resolve any order, delivery and or invoice issues.
• Manage multiple databases, keeping data accurate, timely and transparent to all users of the platform.
• Develop and maintain successful communication between various departments across the business building strong working relationships in a multi-site environment.
• Assist with cost saving projects.
• Administration tasks associated with job role.

Essential Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 year experience as a Purchasing Assistant or in a similar role.
• Sage 200 Accounts experience or a similar system.
• Professional communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proficient IT skills with demonstrable experience of MS Office packages especially MS Excel.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong mathematical & analytical skills.
• Ability to evaluate tasks and propose suggestions to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Ability to build strong supplier relationships.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Engineering background with ability to read and understand bills of materials.

Maine Group is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit.