Purchasing Assistant My client is a leading company, specialising in fabrication, surface finishing and full assembly throughout the UK and Ireland. Due to continued growth, they are currently seeking an experienced Purchasing Assistant to join their team based in Coleraine. This is a Full-Time, Permanent Position. With a salary of £27,000 - £29,000 per annum (dependent on experience). Job Role: You will be responsible for providing administrative support to the purchasing department. This will involve assisting with the procurement process, maintaining purchase records, liaising with suppliers and vendors, tracking inventory levels, and ensuring timely delivery of goods. You will also ensure that all purchases comply with company policies and budgets. Essential Criteria: 2 years' experience within a purchasing role. Sage 200 Accounts experience. Engineering background with ability to read and understand bills of materials. Good IT skills with demonstrable experience of MS Office especially MS Excel. Strong problem solving, mathematical and analytical skills. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal - with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels. Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team. Ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload while adhering to deadlines. Main Duties and Responsibilities: Expediting orders, liaising with suppliers to ensure orders are received in full and on time to work toward reducing supplier lead times. Identify delivery date issues, which might affect production and communicate these to the scheduling department. Develop and maintain successful supplier relationships. Work with suppliers to resolve any order, delivery and or invoice issues. Arrange collections of goods from suppliers. Raise purchase orders for materials and services in line with production requirements. Maintain accurate supplier pricing Assist with cost saving projects. Administration tasks associated with job role and completed within given timescales. Working as part of a team to develop continuous improvement ideas. To perform any other duties as may be reasonably required to ensure successful delivery of all ongoing works within the company workstream. Skills: Purchasing Assistant Purchasing Coleraine Permanent