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Purchasing Assistant
Job summary
A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Purchasing Assistant in Crewe to ensure the production team is well-supported. This role involves monitoring stock levels, placing purchase orders, and maintaining supplier information. The ideal candidate will have strong organisational skills and confidence in communication. The position offers a competitive salary of £28,000 per annum, a full-time permanent role, and opportunities for career development within a supportive team culture.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Previous experience in purchasing, supply chain coordination, or similar administrative roles.
- Strong organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Confidence communicating with internal teams and external suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Monitoring stock levels and ensuring components are ordered in line with production requirements.
- Reviewing and acting upon MRP reports.
- Placing purchase orders and expediting deliveries when required.
- Maintaining accurate product, stock, and supplier information.
- Running weekly demand-planning reports and highlighting potential shortages.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance sourcing, reduce costs, and improve value.
- Supporting Buyers with project work and departmental initiatives.
- Managing can indemnities reports and updating Account Managers where needed.
- Assisting with general office administration.
Skills
Purchasing Assistant
Location: Crewe
Working Pattern: Full-time, Monday to Friday
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Sector: Supply Chain & Procurement
Are you someone who enjoys staying organised, solving problems early, and keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes? If you thrive in a busy environment and like working closely with others, this Purchasing Assistant position in Crewe could be an excellent next step.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring the production team has everything they need—while helping us improve processes, strengthen supplier relationships, and keep operations efficient and cost‑effective.
- Monitoring stock levels and ensuring components are ordered in line with production requirements
- Reviewing and acting upon MRP reports
- Placing purchase orders and expediting deliveries when required
- Maintaining accurate product, stock, and supplier information
- Running weekly demand‑planning reports and highlighting potential shortages
- Identifying opportunities to enhance sourcing, reduce costs, and improve value
- Supporting Buyers with project work and departmental initiatives
- Managing can indemnities reports and updating Account Managers where needed
- Assisting with general office administration, including call handling and cross‑team support
- Strong organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Confidence communicating with internal teams and external suppliers
- The ability to interpret data and take proactive action
- A motivated, flexible, team‑focused approach
- Previous experience in purchasing, supply chain coordination, or similar administrative roles
- A competitive salary of £28,000 per annum
- Long‑term stability in a permanent, full‑time role
- Opportunities for learning, development, and career progression
- Free on‑site parking
- A supportive team culture where new ideas are encouraged
If you are interested in this role and feel you have the necessary skills and experience, we would love to hear from you! Please apply today to be considered for this opportunity.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.