Purchasing Assistant (12-Month Fixed Term – Maternity Cover)

Eclipse Magnetics; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable manufacturing company in Sheffield is seeking a Purchasing Assistant for a 12-month maternity cover. This role is essential for ensuring smooth production by managing suppliers and stock levels. Strong admin skills and experience with MRP systems are vital. The role supports sustainability initiatives like reducing plastics. Employee benefits include training, life assurance, and more. If you're detail-oriented and proactive, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

Company-sponsored learning and development

Modern working environment with free on-site parking

Employee discounts

Life Assurance Scheme

Company supported volunteer days

Free fresh fruit

December shutdown leave

Access to free independent mortgage advice

Workplace Mental Health First Aiders

Qualifications

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build solid relationships with suppliers.
• Attention to detail and initiative to spot inefficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Run planning reports and raise purchase orders.
• Ensure delivery dates are accurate and chase delays.
• Support the ongoing work towards Net Zero.

Skills

Organised

Inquisitive

Strong administrative skills

Experience with MRP systems

Communication with suppliers

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Purchasing Assistant (12-Month Fixed Term – Maternity Cover)

Atlas, Sheffield

Full-time (flexibility may be available)

If you like the idea of joining a team where what you do genuinely keeps things moving, this could suit you well.

Eclipse Magnetics are looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join our Operations team on a 12-month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. It’s a role that sits right at the heart of ensuring production runs smoothly, suppliers deliver when they say they will, and stock levels stay exactly where they need to be.

You’ll report to the Product & Procurement Manager and work closely with colleagues across Operations. A big part of your day will involve running planning reports, raising purchase orders, keeping delivery dates accurate and chasing anything that’s running late. You’ll build solid relationships with suppliers, make sure pricing and data within SAP stays clean and current, and help identify opportunities to reduce costs where it’s realistic to do so.

This is a role for someone who’s organised, inquisitive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift quickly. You’ll need to understand how supply chains work, have experience with MRP systems, and be confident communicating with suppliers and internal teams. If you’ve worked in engineering or manufacturing, you’ll feel at home here.

There’s also a forward-looking element to the job. You’ll support our ongoing work towards Net Zero, help reduce single use plastics, and look for ways to streamline processes. Accuracy and attention to detail matter but so does having the initiative to spot inefficiencies and improve them.

You’ll be using SAP, Excel and other systems daily, so strong administrative skills are important. Flexibility around tasks and workload is key as the team supports each other when things get busy.

If you want to spend the next year in a role where your work has a direct impact on production, performance and sustainability, we’d love to hear from you.

So who are we? Part of the Spear & Jackson Group, Eclipse Magnetics has been a market leader for over 100 years. We specialise in the design and manufacture of high-performance magnetic systems, supplying critical equipment to some of the world’s most demanding industries. As a trusted manufacturer and supplier, we’re proud of our history, our expertise, and our reputation for quality.

A Package of Employee Benefits :

At Eclipse Magnetics we constantly recognise that our success has been built by the hard work, talent and ingenuity of our employees. We invest in our employees and also strive to make Eclipse Magnetics an attractive proposition to new employees. We offer a range of employee benefits :

• Company sponsored learning and development - training courses, further education, vocational training
• Modern working environment - complete with free on-site parking
• Employee discounts - excellent discounts on group products including Spear & Jackson Garden and hand tools
• A range of social and charity fund raising initiatives
• Life Assurance Scheme - death in service cover
• Company supported volunteer days - support local good causes without losing pay or holiday entitlement
• Free social BBQs during work time - enabling inter-department relationships to flourish
• Free fresh fruit - helping our employees eat healthily
• December shutdown leave of 3 days in addition to your annual leave entitlement
• Access to free independent mortgage advice for you, your family, and friends
• Promoting health & wellbeing - awareness programmes, voluntary healthcare cash plan, Workplace Mental Health First Aiders
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24-hour personal and life management support service for you and members of your household

If this sounds good, then drop us an email with your CV and tell us why this is the role for you ([e-mail]).

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