James Newbury Appointments
Purchasing Administrator
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Location:
Luton, UK
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
9 September 2026
What they need
Are you an experienced Purchasing Administrator available for an immediate start in a temporary position for approx 3 months, possibly longer?
Well, we may have just the right opportunity for you....
Rate of Pay: £13.84ph
Days/ Hours: Mon-Fri 830am-5pm (1 hr lunch)
Location: Luton, Beds (LU2)
Duration: asap until circa end of the year.
The Company
a great oppotunity to work with a great team in swanky, amazing offices and a busy, vibrant, forward thinking company. They live and breath amazing custmer service, above and beyond expectations, to ensure they continue to be the leaders in their sector.
This is a company that has seen phenomenal growth since being founded within the last 10 years, already listed as a FTSE100 company with a global presence in its specialist sector,
If you are someone that thrives on being busy, has a passion for being amazing with your customers and at your job, looking to work for an hugely developing company, have great admin experience and ideally, worked in a purchasing department, then have a read and drop us your CV.
Overview:
working as a Purchasing Administrator, you will be responsible for ensuring all purchases arrive on time, as ordered offering a clear chain of communication to the team regarding any supply chain issues, shortfalls, delays etc whilst maintaining the purchasing management system with accurate data updates.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- great communication with all parties working closely with them, keeping them informed along the way of arrival of stock, delays, updates, checking order confirmations and uploading the orders onto the purchase management system
- dealing with all order enquires via phone and email so excellent English verbal and written communication skills are a must
- liaise with Accounts department re invoice/purchase issues
- maintain stock levels constantly in the purchase system so it is always accurate and up to date
- ad hoc admin
Personal Requirements
a solid, proven administrator, ideally with experience in a buyers/procurement department
ideally you will have worked in a stock distribution environment so understand the supply chain of stock and orders but this is not essential
good MS Office knowledge - Word Excel and Outlook
ERP purchasing management systems experience or similar
accurate data skills
Excellent attention to detail
a self starter with initiative
Someone that can work in a fast paced environment and still keep organised
excellent English verbal and written communication skills
full rights to work in the UK (not a student visa as no sponsorship for this temp role)
a great supportive team player
So, if you want to be part of this company for the next few months, and possibly longer, then please send James Newbury Appointments your CV for review.
If we do not respond within 3 working days, unfortunately, on this occasion you have not been shortlisted, though we do suggest you keep an eye for other potentially suitable roles as we would love to assist you if we can.
Thank you for your interest.
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