Strategic Purchasing, Finance & Projects Coordinator

Perfect Recruitment; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Perfect Recruitment in Lancashire is seeking a Purchasing, Finance & Project Coordinator to join a busy team. The role combines purchasing, finance administration and project coordination across departments to keep key processes running efficiently and supplier relationships strong.

The candidate should be commercially minded, highly organised, able to work independently, and capable of managing competing priorities while maintaining clear communication with colleagues and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Broad practical background across finance, purchasing and business administration.
• Sound understanding of everyday accounting processes, including ledgers.
• Experience managing purchasing requirements and negotiating with suppliers.
• Strong commercial awareness and the confidence to make purchasing decisions within limits.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to coordinate multiple deadlines.
• Proactive, independent worker with clear communication with colleagues and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate purchasing to maintain stock levels and supply continuity.
• Negotiate supplier pricing, terms and delivery arrangements.
• Assess and select suppliers based on cost, quality and service.
• Manage purchasing decisions within approved financial authority.
• Build supplier relationships and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Maintain stock accuracy and coordinate stock takes.
• Provide purchasing cover for the second purchaser when required.
• Support day-to-day sales and purchase ledgers; assist with credit control and routine financial reporting.
• Provide holiday and absence cover for the Finance Administrator.
• Coordinate internal projects and monitor timescales; report risks to management.

Skills

Purchasing

Finance administration

Project coordination

Supplier negotiation

Organisational skills

Independent work

Job description

Perfect Recruitment in Lancashire is seeking a Purchasing, Finance & Project Coordinator to join a busy team. The role combines purchasing, finance administration and project coordination across departments to keep key processes running efficiently and supplier relationships strong.

The candidate should be commercially minded, highly organised, able to work independently, and capable of managing competing priorities while maintaining clear communication with colleagues and suppliers.