Job type: Permanent
Location: Wrightbus
Closing date: Thursday 14 Aug 2025 08:00
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.
Purpose of Post:
To liaise with commodity buyers to ensure that suppliers have up to date information regarding drawings, forecasts and to assist the purchasing team with creating and analysing tenders. Liaise with suppliers and agree implementation point for revision changes and cost reductions on purchase orders. Once agreed purchase orders are to be updated to reflect the agreement.
Key Tasks:
- Responsible for issuing request for quotation (RFQ’s) for any new parts added to the Bill of Materials within the allotted commodities and create drawing & information packs for other members of the Strategic Purchasing team.
- Ensure suppliers are sent all updated drawings when released from the engineering department.
- Populate Sage System with the price, lead-time and supplier details as necessary.
- Price requisition material (e.g. materials for jigs) and place orders.
- Update daily & weekly reports as required for the Strategic Department.
- Expedite orders raised by the Strategic Purchasing Department.
- Updating purchase orders to reflect updated pricing when revision changes or price reductions are agreed.
- Liaise with the accounts department to reduce invoice queries where possible.
- General administrative including maintaining filing systems as and when required.
Essential Criteria:
- Qualified to GCSE level Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Minimum 1 years’ experience working in an administrative capacity
- Experience of creating reports and graphs.
- Typing up meeting minutes.
- Compiling spread sheets
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
The Benefits:
- 4% discretionary bonus
- Life Insurance
- Medicash scheme
- Discount with local businesses e.g. Galgorm Spa Resort and McAtamney’s.
- Free car parking
- Canteen
- Career progression
- Professional development
- Flexitime
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