Purchasing Assistant Placement

Job Details

Purchasing Assistant Placement

We have an opportunity for an undergraduate to join the Purchasing team based at our corporate headquarters. This will be a 12 month placement beginning summer 2025.

Typical tasks may include:

• Managing the purchasing process including the B2B system.
• Contributing towards internal customer satisfaction by supporting and improving the efficiencies and effectiveness of the purchase ordering process.
• Managing the supplier evaluation database and new supplier approval process.
• Raising purchase orders for goods and services for all areas of the business.
• Supporting the Purchasing team in a range of current and future projects as required.
• Setting up pricing agreements on SAP.
• Assisting colleagues in general SAP and B2B enquiries.
• Resolving quantity and price discrepancies.
• Assisting with the preparation of information monthly management meetings.
• Helping the purchasing team source items and services from current and new suppliers.
• Supporting the Unitary Price Monitoring (UPM) process at each month end.
• Updating monthly category spend, contract log and non-raw material purchase order report in order to understand progress towards savings target.
• Working with purchasing and finance team to resolve invoice discrepancies.
• As the year progresses you are given the opportunity to increase responsibility and autonomy to gain the most from your placement year.

Who We Are Looking For?

An individual who has:

• Self-discipline
• Organisational and project skills
• General computer skills essential with knowledge of Excel and Word
• Ability to deal with problems as and when they arise and to prioritise
• Some customer services or purchasing experience would be advantageous
• You will be an undergraduate studying a Business related degree.

Other personal skills required:

• Self-motivated and determined to resolve issues that arise from time to time
• Ability to think things through logically and then act upon them
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Professional attitude towards working and a belief in the ‘Team’ ethic
• We will expect a professional attitude to work and a willingness to learn and take initiative.

Location details

This role is based in our offices near the Eastleigh town centre. The address is Prysmian Cables & Systems Limited, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, SO50 6YU. There are good transport links to Eastleigh and the site is approximately 15 minutes walk from the railway station. We are able to offer free car parking next to our offices.

Prysmian , as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are. 

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

About Prysmian Group

Come and join the world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry where your talents and enthusiasm can make a difference.

 28,000+ employees. 52 Countries. 100+ plants worldwide. One mission: making our mark in the energy transition and digitalisation of our communities around the world. This is what unites our people across teams and geographies – we are all striving to build a more sustainable future.

Prysmian in the UK

With over 100 years of history in the UK, we have an established headquarters in Eastleigh near Southampton, 3 additional manufacturing sites in Wrexham, Aberdare and Washington to help better serve our UK and export markets and a further site in Middlesbrough. Prysmian supplies cables and systems to a wide range of customers in the UK, including utilities, telecom operators, and the construction industry.

In the UK, Prysmian manufactures energy cables from low voltage to extremely high voltage for land applications. Additionally, it is able to offer a comprehensive range of cable accessories for these cables all designed with the cable in mind and therefore offering a robust system.

Prysmian UK can offer turnkey submarine cables and installation services as well as a comprehensive range of industrial cables for such applications as: mining, cranes, wind turbines and rail applications. At lower voltages, Prysmian's comprehensive range of building wires and power cables are available through a first-class network of wholesalers and distributors.

Prysmian ranks as one of the world's leading producers of Optical Fibres and Telecommunication Cables. With multiple production facilities worldwide Prysmian supplies a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the-art products in the telecoms industry including Fibre Systems, Copper Cable, Premises/Data Cable & Connectivity Hardware.

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