Purchasing and Operations AssistantIlford, Essex 28,000 - 30,000 Our Client, a renowned bespoke, luxury manfucaturing company are looking for a Purchasing and Operations assistant to play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of the day-to-day operations in their state of the art workshop and distribution centre. Your day to day will include assisting with administrative tasks, managing facilities, coordinating schedules, and providing support to the workshop and purchasing departments. Purchasing and Operations Assistant - Your day to day Provide administrative assistance to both the Operations Manager and the Purchasing ManagerServe as a central point of contact for project related enquiries, in both the Operations and Purchasing departments.Responsible for administering and/or revising Purchase Orders for approval by Purchasing Manager on a timely basisKey involvement in tracking orders and liaising with suppliers on order progress to deliveryManage indirect suppliers such as packaging and to liaise with Purchasing Manager on updatesRun Outstanding Purchase Order Report each week to identify orders that are late, those that have issues and orders that are expected in the coming week that should be chasedUpdating the Purchasing Manager of any delays or issues with suppliers/productEnsure packaging is suitably stocked and place replenishment Packaging Order with agreement on cost from Purchasing ManagerMaintain good working supplier relationships ..... full job details .....