Average Purchasing salary in the UK

Description We are recruiting on behalf of our client for a Purchasing Assistant to join a dynamic and growing supply chain team based in Horsforth, Leeds. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented individual to support procurement operations, ensuring timely and cost-effective purchasing while maintaining strong supplier relationships. About the Role: As a Purchasing Assistant, you will play a vital role in the procurement process, from placing orders to tracking deliveries and ensuring all purchases align with company standards for cost, quality, and efficiency. You’ll liaise with suppliers, monitor stock levels, and support the wider procurement team with administrative tasks and supplier negotiations. Key Responsibilities: Place and manage purchase orders, ensuring accuracy in pricing, quantity, and specifications.Track deliveries, follow up on ETAs, and resolve any order discrepancies.Maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure reliability and cost-effectiveness.Monitor stock levels and coordinate with internal teams to assess purchasing needs.Keep accurate purchasing records, including invoices and delivery notes.Assist in evaluating supplier performance and negotiating where necessary.Ensure compliance with company purchasing policies and procedures.Provide administrative support to the procurement team as needed. Requirements What We’re Looking For: Strong communication and negotiation skills.Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and purchasing software.Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment.Highly organised with a keen eye for detail.A team player with the ability to build and maintain strong supplier relationships. Benefits Salary- £30,000- £35,000 basicFree breakfast (Mon-Fri)Birthday holidayFamily-owned company culture that cares about you and the customers.Supportive Team Culture: Work alongside a team that values loyalty, punctuality, and collaboration, and where your contributions are recognised.Career Growth: Grow in a business that provides both internal and external training to help you develop and progress

Job Title: Purchaser The Skills You'll Need: Purchasing, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Advanced Excel, CIPS Your New Salary: £35-45k Office based OR Hybrid: 3 Days in Office (Taunton Area), 2 at home Status: Permanent Start: ASAP Working hours: 8-5 Mon-Thur, 8-2 Fri, 1 hour lunch break. Who You'll be Working for: Highly successful chemicals manufacturer. To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates: Experience in a Procurement role, preferably within a manufacturing and/or chemical industry environment.Have a visa to work in the UK for more than two years If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit. To see similar jobs please go to people-first.co.uk Purchaser - What You'll be Doing: Day-to-day execution of local (UK) Procurement activities, specifically: Managing existing vendor relationships, Identification of new vendors, Price negotiations, Contract managementReplenishment - order placing and associated progress chasing of finished products sourced from third partiesSetting up of new Supplier accounts and maintenance of vendor pricing with the Company’s ERP system.To support the Operations and Quality functions in the investigation of supplier complaints and non-conformances; and in the measurement of the performance of key vendors.To support the wider UK Site team structure to optimise customer service levels and ensure that it continues to meet its planned OTIF target levels.To support the Continuous Improvement of Supply Chain activities within the local UK and wider regional organisation To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates: Have a visa to work in the UK for more than two years.Experience in a Procurement role, preferably within a manufacturing and/or chemical industry environment.Ideally CIPS qualified.Demonstrable track record of managing multiple vendors across a large and complex product item portfolio.Strong negotiation skills and demonstrable experience of delivering cost reductions by developing positive working relationships with multiple vendors.Familiarity with operating MRP systems within ERP environments, preferably Microsoft Dynamics.Experience and competence with use of the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint; and experience of using reporting tools such as Power BI.Excellent planning, organisational and task prioritisation skills, with the ability to self-prioritise own workload.Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all organisational levels.Self-motivated, with the ability to develop strong collaborative working relationships with both internal and external customers to deliver organsational goals. If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit. To see similar jobs please go to www.people-first.co.uk Please follow us on Linkedin: people-first-supply-chain We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation. People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability. People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.

Inside Out Purchasing and Supply has been engaged to recruit a Purchasing Administrator for a leading Hertfordshire based client. In order to be considered for this role you must have experience within a similar role within a fast paced product driven environment, ideally with good excel skills. A full written job description will be made available to suitable candidates.