Purchasing Administrator

Macildowie Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics Purchasing Administrator – up to £33,000 Per Annum Monday – Thursday, 8am – 5pm / Friday 1pm Macildowie Procurement has exclusively partnered with high growth manufacturing businesses in Cannock to recruit a Purchasing Administrator. The key objective is to support the Procurement and Supply Chain team by ensuring efficient processing of purchase orders, maintaining supplier information, monitoring deliveries and supporting material availability for production across multiple sites. Main Responsibilities • Raising purchase orders for all items required on all three of our clients sites. These include BOM items, consumables, stationery, tooling orders and miscellaneous orders. • Ensuring supplier receipt of POs and chasing up deliveries to ensure on time in full delivery. • Monitor MRP requirements for BOM items to ensure materials will be available at the required time for production and customer orders. • Forecast product shortages to ensure material availability for production. • Manage and resolve invoice queries. • Update and maintain supplier and part details in MRP system. • Support the wider procurement team with building and nurturing supplier relationships. • Support new product Introduction activities. The Candidate • Previous experience operating in a manufacturing purchasing position. • Proficient user of Microsoft Office, including Excel and MRP systems. • Ability to comfortably carry out transactional and reactive procurement tasks. • Able to travel to Cannock. • Excellent communication skills. Benefits • Early finish of 1pm on Fridays. • 23 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays. The first stage of the application process is to apply online. If you would like any more information about this vacancy before applying, please get in touch with Tom Whitsey.