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Temp Purchasing asst

Posted Date - 02/11/2026

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pin icon Berkshire - Reading

clock icon Temporary

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PLS NOTE YOU MUST LIVE NEAR READING, BERKSHIRE and the role is a temp purchasing asst experienced staff member urgently.

Hours 7.30am – 16.30 Mon – Fri

Key Accountabilities

- Are you able to temp in RG2 immediately as an experienced Purchasing Assistant.

The role is a week maybe 2.

the hours are 7:30-4:30pm.

General Duties

Purchasing Asst

Purchase Orders: Raise, process, and track purchase orders (POs) in line with company requirements.

Supplier Communication: vendor relationships, request quotes, and follow up on delayed or missing deliveries.

Inventory Management: Monitor stock levels, flag potential shortages or overstocking, and coordinate with warehouse or goods-in teams.

Invoice & Price Reconciliation: Match supplier invoices and order confirmations against purchase orders to resolve quantity or price discrepancies.

Administrative Support: Maintain accurate digital/paper records of contracts, vendor databases, and delivery schedules

Pay: £15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 42.5 per week Benefits: On-site parking

Application question(s):

Are you avail imm and looking for short term temp work?

Are you an experienced purchasing assistant?

Are you able to work the hours 7:30am to 4:30pm hybrid

Do you live within a 10 mile radius to Reading, berks

Experience: admin with MS Office: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Data Administrator

Posted Date - 22/10/2026

pound icon 30000 - 32000

pin icon Berkshire - Reading

clock icon Permanent

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Pay: £32,000.00 per year :

PLS NOTE YOU MUST LIVE NEAR READING, BERKSHIRE AS IT IS 3 DAYS OFFICE NOT FULLY REMOTE.

YOU MUST BE A DRIVER .

Salary Band £32k plus quarterly bonus on performance.

Perm Hybrid/Reading Office/On site Hours 7.30am – 16.30 Mon – Fri 24 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Key Accountabilities

Overall purpose:

Improve manager’s ability to deliver projects on programme, with correct information, and a quality product outcome, within budget .

Help Operations team with project and workflow programming, document control and reporting.

ADVANCED EXCEL -

Essential experience.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Document Control

§ Create main matrix and documents from take-off / for each project at the start of the workflow in the team.

§ Check any contracts issued by customers (typically automatic emails from online doc control systems) for any revisions that affect our work. Download copies and keep an up-to-date record of the relevant data that do affect our work.

§ Conduct simple survey and checks, GA plans, .

§ Upload data onto customer online document control systems for approval/comment.

§ Follow up customers/architects/engineers by phone/email to ensure timely receipt of comments/approvals. Logistics Planning

§ Create schedules for suppliers providing a breakdown of which products/required on which stillages/shipment.

§ Create schedules showing which goods to be shipped in which containers.

§ Help with lorry and dispatch plans. Procurement/Manufacture schedules § Review projects and calculate parts needed on each project type/and project total quantities etc.

§ Complete a spreadsheet schedule.

§ Use and monitor the Price tracker.

§ Create a site list of specific parts to go in each site bag for each project type.

§ Managing project budgets/cost plans

§ Assist managers with monthly cost reporting. Monitoring project procurement

§ Monitor and chase orders through with purchasing team/suppliers to ensure project programme achieved and all orders fulfilled correctly so no manufacturing issues.

§ Work with and help the Managers and Operational Team to keep an up-to-date programme on all projects. General Assistant duties

§ Organise and schedule meetings.

§ Maintain office correspondence and document control.

§ Manage internal projects and follow-up with team members where required.

§ Liaise with other staff members on behalf of senior management.

§ Help prepare monthly reports.

§ . Qualifications:

§ HND, BTEC, A Level or similar.

§ Full UK Driving License, preferably clean.

Experience: Ideally someone non ambitious, who is happy in a quiet environment, who is meticulous and huge on attention to detail, an 'A' player at Admin, IT/Data and Admin must be your calling, you pride yourself on providing an exact, admin and data support to your team, without wanting promotion after a year.

§ Two years’ experience in similar role

§ EXCEL Advanced essential, and Powerbi an advantage.

§ Document Control experience would be advantageous. . Skills

§ Ability to meet objectives within designated constraints.

§ A flair for analysis, troubleshooting and problem solving.

§ Good accurate record keeper.

§ Excellent organisational and time-management skills.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits: Company pension On-site parking Work from home

Application question(s):

Are you a driver with a car?

Do you live within a 10 mile radius to Reading, berks

There is no room for progression in this role, are you happy to stay in a role in that regard?

Are you a meticulous database administrator

Education: GCSE or equivalent (required)

Experience: Advanced Excel: 2 years (required) complex admin/IT/data: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person 3 days Hybrid 2