Purchasing Assistant
Hybrid (The Willows, Bridgwater; The Rookery, Chilcompton)Maternity CoverPosted 3w ago
About the role
Organised and detail-oriented Purchasing Assistant for a fixed-term maternity cover in the Sourcing team, supporting UK factories with procurement of raw materials and production consumables in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Generating and issuing purchase orders for UK production raw materials.
- Expediting orders, communicating any delays to the UK production and sourcing team
- Ensure weekly changing dates are kept up to date on the system
- Ensuring all goods received are reconciled with GRNs and supporting with any invoice queries.
- Work closely with production planning team to manage and limit any material delays
- Working closely with the costing team on ensuring UK BOMs are all up to date and accurate, as well as providing support on any reporting requirements
- Weekly review of production consumables stock – ensuring factory forward requirements are covered in line with supplier lead time.
- Assisting in managing the raw material stock take twice yearly
Qualifications
- Experience in a purchasing environment
- Proficient level using all Microsoft Office programs, particularly Excel
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to work at a fast pace, prioritise work and organise themselves well in a varied role to ensure deadlines are met
Skills
Required:Purchasing / ProcurementExcelCommunicationAttention to detail
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working
- Generous staff discount and access to staff sales
- Birthday day off
- Pension contributions and life assurance
- Learning and development opportunities
- Two paid volunteering days per year
- Access to Help@Hand wellbeing support, including remote GP appointments, mental health support, physiotherapy, personal training and retail discounts
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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