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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