Purchasing Assistant Jobs in UK

Working with the Purchasing Manager, you will control the company's inventory to ensure that products never runs out. Using a system to monitor stock levels, you will source suppliers for restocking and negotiate pricing and delivery times with suppliers. Where deliveries are late, you will chase shipments and negotiate possible discounts.

Once you have placed orders in accordance to budgets, you must assist in the monitoring of the progress of these orders. When using new suppliers, you will be expected to research the company and order samples from prospective buyers to present to management.

You must have excellent levels of communications, and be confident in speaking to colleagues across the company from board members to forklift truck drivers. Experience and working knowledge of databases is always an advantage.

102 new job listings for this search have been found in the last calendar day, compared with 243 in the last 72 hours and 344 in the last week.

The average salary for open Purchasing Assistant jobs is currently £23,086, 29% lower than the national average salary for all jobs which is £32,146.

79% of current opportunities are permanent, whereas 21% are contract jobs.

Companies presently offering Purchasing Assistant job vacancies in UK include Hays Executive, Randstad Employment Bureau, GI Solutions Group..

There are 630 Purchasing Assistant job vacancies in UK available immediately, compared to 121 in South East England.