Join a well-established Sheffield company where you'll play a key role in supporting procurement operations and building valuable supplier relationships.

Taskmaster Resources are recruiting on behalf of a well-established company in Sheffield area for a Purchasing Assistant with experience. If you're organised, reliable, and have experience as a Purchasing Assistant, we'd love to hear from you.

Hours of work:

Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 3:30pm and Friday 7:30am to 3pm.

Key Accountabilities:

Effectively support the Product & Procurement Manager

Procure materials/consumables in line with the forecasted demand/request

Track open purchase orders to ensure they arrive in a timely manner to minimise disruption

Run planning reports and review data to determine replenishment order quantities and delivery dates

Generate purchase orders, confirm delivery dates, costs and update purchase orders

Run reports to track and chase overdue items

Create inbound deliveries

Create and maintain pricing and vendor relationships within SAP

Generate purchase orders for MTO component parts: laser cuts, machining and fabrication etc.

Generate purchase orders for ad-hoc items

Liaise with suppliers on invoice queries

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Good understanding of suppliers and supply chain procedures

Foster and nurture excellent supplier relationships on an ongoing basis

Ability to negotiate and maintain accurate records

Good communicator both verbally and written with the ability to adapt to the audience

Supportive team member with a willingness to be flexible to ensure the Product & Procurement team collectively delivers the required level of service to stakeholders

Proficient in MS Word, Excel, SAP and the various Apps within the Intranet with good administration skills and attention to detail

Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative