Purchasing & Stores Assistant Leeds c£27k 4 day week (Mon-Thurs)
Our client, a leading Manufacturing business in Leeds, is looking to appoint a Purchasing & Stores Assistant to support the supply chain function in a leading manufacturing businesses. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining stores across 3 manufacturing, machining & fabrication departments; consignment stocking; operational purchasing - placing orders for MRO, Tooling & Consumables; handling incoming and outgoing stock; processing orders and managing stock control (min & max levels, kanban) using their MRP system.
Purchasing / Stores / Buyer / Goods in / Stock Control / Manufacturing
- Maintain stores consignment stock, kanban, min & max stock levels
- Placing orders for MRO, Consumables, Health & Safety & Factory goods & stock
- Conduct periodic stock taking activities
- Conduct regular 5S activities within the stores department including red tagging any surplus/redundant stock
- To receive, check and put away product as required.
- To take responsibility for supporting the development of the stores function and improving existing processes
- Deal with stock requisitions from the shop floor and issue as appropriate Implement a more visual and standard system
- Issue stock for works orders ensuring they are in the correct location
- Manual handling of goods unloading.
Purchasing / Stores / Buyer / Goods in / Stock Control / Manufacturing
Knowledge and Experience
- Previous stores and stock handling experience essential maintain consignment stock, min & max stock levels etc
- Operational purchasing experience placing orders for MRO, Consumables, H&S & Factory goods
- Sound knowledge of good working practice relating to Health & Safety Regulations
- Excellent I.T. skills with knowledge of ERP systems ideally Opera or EFACS
- Excellent organisation skills & good attention to detail
- Demonstrable experience of working in a similar role within an engineering / manufacturing / workshop environment is essential
- You will be a confident communicator both written and verbal, good at multitasking, and be comfortable working independently and as part of a team
- Full UK driving licence essential
Purchasing / Stores / Buyer / Goods in / Goods out / Stock Control / Manufacturing
If you're looking to work a 4 day week (07:00-16:45 Mon-Thurs) for a leading Manufacturer in Leeds going through a sustained period of growth with development opportunities, then APPLY NOW!