Purchasing Assistant.

At Maine we are always on the lookout for talented, innovative, and ambitious individuals to join our team.
Throughout Northern Ireland Maine is renowned in its sector for specialist fabrication, surface finishing and full assembly, with a reputation for fulfilling client needs, whatever the sector or industry.
As the largest subcontract fabricator in Ireland, we continually develop ways to increase our areas of expertise with a focus on the quality of the product we produce.
It is an exciting time for Maine as we continue to grow and we are proud to have recently won the Business Eye Award, Fast Growth Business of the Year 2022.
We currently have various job opportunities available across all sites in Northern Ireland including Coleraine, Dunloy, Garvagh and Magherafelt. If you want to join a team with career progression, a competitive salary and a great benefits package look no further.
We are looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join the team.
Hours of Work - 40 hours - Monday to Thursday 8:00am to 17:00pm and Friday 8:00am to 14:00pm
Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Working in conjunction with the Finance/Accounts team to resolve invoice queries, checking deliveries and system quantities against invoices.
• Schedule flow of Production parts to meet daily Production demand and highlight any supply problems which may impact business operations
• Develop and maintain successful supplier relationships. Work with suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues, work towards reducing supplier lead times.
• Release of orders to the supplier network based on current demand.
• Maintain accurate supplier pricing.
• Assist with Cost Saving Projects.
• Administration tasks associated with job role.
• Perform additional duties at the request of the Supply Chain Manager
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships

Essential Criteria

• Experience in Material Planning/Purchasing
• Good mathematical & analytical skills
• Good problem-solving skills and self-motivated
• Professional and ability build good supplier relations
• Strong Communication Skills both verbal and written.
• Good IT skills with demonstrable experience of MS Office especially MS Excel Intermediate Level

Benefits

• 29 days Annual Leave + additional Annual Leave for length of service.
• Competitive Salary and an annual Bonus
• Flexitime
• Death of Service Benefit
• Employee Referral Scheme - up to £1500

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent