Procurement Assistant
Location: Compton & East Ilsley, Berkshire (own transport essential)
Salary Range: £25,000 to £29,000 per annum (DOE) plus benefits
Job Type: Full time (37.5 hours Monday-Friday)
Our vision is to be the manufacture of choice for our customers providing safe, reliable autogenous vaccines tailored to our customer’s needs. Our aim is simple, to protect animal health, to ensure animal well-being and to contribute to human health.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement Assistant. As a Procurement Assistant, you will identify purchase requirements, manage supplier relationships and contract negotiations and will manage the purchase order life cycle. You will be supporting the manufacturing operations through the production facility, warehousing and goods in process and support the Warehouse team with on-site and off-site storage. You will also provide other operational support for the Production facility, to ensure the manufacture of products is in line with scheduled production dates. This role will involve liaising and communicating with company personnel as well as external suppliers.
As a Procurement Assistant, your responsibilities will be:

• Working with the team and stakeholders to ensure effective and compliant purchasing of materials and stock control throughout the facility. Ensure storage, release and replenishment of materials in line with company SOP’s and procedures within the autogenic vaccine GMP environment.
  
• Raising Purchase orders, as requested and based on minimum stock levels.
  
• Recording data and assisting with forecasts.
  
• Ensuring orders for day-to-day business use, raw materials for production, equipment and supplied are purchased in a timely manner.
  
• Building relationships with our suppliers and partners to ensure stock is delivered on time in full.
  
• Monitoring supplier performance and quality.
  
• Supporting with trade and commercial agreements with suppliers, ensuring terms are improved over time.
  
• Meeting compliance throughout the purchasing & procurement process.
  
• Supporting the Warehouse and Goods In/Out with Inventory management both physically and electronically within JDE.
  
• You will also be involved in key projects around reporting, data analysis and other ad hoc objectives.
  
• Compliance of GMP and H&S regulatory requirements for stock storage and procurement processes.
  Knowledge, Skills and Experience required
  
• Experience in purchasing and supplier management.
  
• Experience of GMP in pharmaceutical warehouse and purchasing environment is desirable.
  
• Experience with ERP or stock management IT systems.
  
• Effective communication skills.
  
• Good time management, planning, organisational skills.
  
• Experience of working in a GMP environment would be an advantage.
  To Apply
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