Frontline Recruitment in Weymouth is seeking an Assistant Buyer to join a client of ours located in Weymouth in their Operations department.
You will report to Operations Manager.
Job Purpose:
To be part of the team who conduct and manage our supply chain focused activities. The team focus on the timely control of their purchase orders & supply chain, supply forecasting and raw material inventory levels. Working to ensure excellent performance with a key focus on supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery and communication.
Main Duties:
- Create purchase orders for direct materials based on MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) demand
- Convert approved in-direct purchasing requests into purchase orders
- Manage purchase orders for timely acknowledgment & delivery
- Track and with team support manage any known supply risks or purchase order issues (price, delivery date, etc)
- Expedite/de-expedite purchase orders based on MRP recommendations
- Manage any past due purchase orders
- Prepare supplier forecasts from MRP recommendations
- Process supplier returns for rejected materials
- Place and reconcile orders using the team credit card
- Set-up of new parts in the MRP system
- Review and maintain MRP master data (price, lead time, order quantities, etc)
- Support RFQ (Request For Quotation) activities and summarise the responses
- Performance of specific processes/tasks as directed by management towards the accomplishment of the above.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Experience of procurement for a manufacturing organisation
- Experience of procurement via MRP or similar
- Good communication skills
- Good spreadsheet/MS Excel skills
Days of work: Monday to Friday.
Salary: 25k to 28k DOE.
For additional information or to express your interest, please contact us.