Purchasing Admin

Location Billingham
Job Type Contract
Salary £15 - £17 per hour
Reference ADMIN_1663755835
Duration 12 months

Purchasing Admin

12 months

PAYE - £15ph

Billingham

A purchasing position that undertakes tasks associated with the efficient and effective processing of purchasing indents and orders supporting the purchasing team. May support low level buying activities with guidance/support from more senior purchasing colleagues.

Duties Include-

  • Checks orders and indents, financial authorities and purchasing compliance against agreed policies, processes and procedures.
  • Updates relevant I.T./purchasing/compliance systems in accordance with approved procedures and operational guidelines.
  • Provides internal and external reports highlighting trends and flagging any potential issues in order to monitor KPI's, verify orders and costs to support the buyers.
  • Liaises with Buyers to forward documents to suppliers and/or internal customers when necessary.
  • Provides relevant administration support as required by the purchasing team.
  • Supports expediting and delivery of goods to meet plant/production deadlines in collaboration with logistics, supply and operations planning (S&OP) and production teams.
  • May manage some low level buying activities to support more senior purchasing colleagues.
  • May make low level suggestions that support the optimisation of transactional purchasing processes.
  • Supports the implementation of system/process continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Supports Buyers in the collection and collation of EHS, supplier and other regulatory audit reports in relevant databases.
  • Supports internal and external compliance of relevant audit requirements.
  • To carry out any other duties which are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

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