Purchasing Administrator

  • Ref:
    104453
  • Location:
    Northampton
  • Employment:
    Full time

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Purchasing Administrator

Role Overview

The Purchasing Administrator plays a vital role in supporting the efficient procurement of materials, equipment, and services required by our engineering teams. Working closely with engineers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, you will help ensure stock availability, timely purchasing, and compliance with company processes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage van stock replenishment for regional engineering teams.
  • Raise and process purchase orders within agreed timescales using procurement systems.
  • Ensure accurate receipting and maintenance of purchasing records.
  • Liaise with suppliers to obtain Proof of Delivery (POD) documentation and resolve queries.
  • Coordinate loan equipment and manage repair and return processes.
  • Support supplier onboarding and ensure compliance with vendor approval procedures.
  • Manage WEEE waste processes and associated documentation.
  • Provide purchasing support across the wider team, including cover during periods of absence.
  • Maintain compliance with company policies, procedures, and business management systems.

Person Specification

  • Previous experience in an administrative or purchasing role.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
  • Experience using procurement systems such as COUPA, CASH, or similar platforms.
  • Able to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
  • Confident communicating with suppliers, engineers, and internal stakeholders.
  • Experience within an engineering, service, or technical environment is desirable.
  • Knowledge of electronic security systems would be advantageous but is not essential.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and detail-oriented administrator looking to develop their career within a fast-paced and customer-focused operational environment.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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