We have an excellent opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented Purchasing Administrator to join us at Alderman Tooling Ltd, a leading metalwork manufacturer in Plymouth, dedicated to maintaining excellence in our operations and ensuring smooth functioning across all facilities. Along with a salary of up to £32,000 per annum, we offer a fantastic range of benefits including company sick pay, a pension scheme, paid events, and competitive holidays increasing with service. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced manufacturing environment, supporting the procurement of materials, overseeing administrative tasks and playing a key role in both supplier and customer management. What you’ll do as Purchasing Administrator at Aldermans:

• Purchasing: Procure materials, tools, and supplies for the sheet metal production process.
• Sales Account Management; build and maintain good relations with customers, processing some key account orders and liaising on progress.
• Supplier Management: Build and maintain relationships with suppliers, negotiate prices, and manage purchase orders.
• Supplier Audits and Evaluations: Conduct regular supplier audits and performance evaluations to ensure quality standards and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Inventory Control: Monitor stock levels, track inventory, and manage reordering.
• Administrative Support: Assist with day-to-day office tasks, including filing, data entry, customer communications and account management.
• Order Processing: Coordinate production schedules, ensuring timely delivery of materials for manufacturing.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate records of purchases, transactions, and supplier agreements.

At Aldermans, we’re looking for a Purchasing Administrator with:

• Previous experience in purchasing, buying, sales administration and account management, supply chain management or general administration, ideally within a manufacturing environment is desirable.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.), with experience in accounting software being advantageous.
• Experience with supplier audits, evaluations, and quality control processes is highly desirable.
• Solution orientated, with a proactive approach and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

You will be working 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday (3PM finish on a Friday).To apply for this role as Purchasing Administrator at Aldermans, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.