Purchasing Assistant

Job in Southampton, Hampshire County, SO15, England, UK

Listing for: Matchtech

Full Time, Contract position
Listed on 2025-12-23

Job specializations:

Supply Chain/Logistics
Business Administration, Supply Chain / Intl. Trade
Business
Business Administration, Supply Chain / Intl. Trade

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 29000 GBP Yearly GBP 29000.00 YEAR

Global manufacturer requires a Purchasing Assistant on a 12 month FTC basis to support procurement and supply chain planning activities. Applicants will ideally have office-based experience within a manufacturing or engineering business. Experience in, or previous exposure to procurement or supply chain tasks would be advantageous.

The Purchasing Assistant will support tasks around; purchase order management, supplier liaison, data management, and inventory/stock control.

Specific duties of the Purchasing Assistant include:

Purchase order management for direct/indirect areas of spend
Expediting and maintenance of correct data in MRP
Monitoring of; stock, inventory and Kanban levels
Stakeholder engagement
Monitoring supplier KPI performance - quality, cost, delivery, spend
Maintain ERP master data

Purchasing Assistant applicants should meet the following criteria:

Previous experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment
Exposure to procurement, suppliers or supply chain tasks would be advantageous
Collaborative, team player
IT literacy - MS Office packages, MRP and ERP (desirable)
Comfortable with hybrid working, and working a 12 month FTC position

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