Job Description
Purchasing Assistant - Undergraduate Placement - Burton on Trent, UK
Posting Date: 04/10/2026
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Burton on Trent
Function: Purchasing
Experience: no experience
Pirelli is a truly international group and is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-performance tyres. Pirelli UK Tyres Ltd is the company responsible for all the Pirelli Tyre related operations in the UK.
A 12-month placement is available within the Purchasing Department working within a small, disciplined and professional team.
Main Duties Include:
- Regular reporting of purchasing activities
- Assisting with invoicing queries and pricing corrections
- Providing support during supplier audits
- Processing of information relating to new and existing suppliers, ensuring records are maintained
- Responding to requests for information from line management, purchasing colleagues in Milan and suppliers
- Supporting ongoing revision and improvement of purchasing documentation and procedures
- Supporting the overall team with administration support
- Taking responsibility for a work-based project
Qualifications and Skills Required:
- Good keyboard skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Good organisational skills and ability to work on your own initiative in a fast-paced environment
- Good communication skills, and able to liaise with people at all levels in the organisation
- Flexibility and good analytical skills
- Valid work experience would be beneficial
- A full clean driving licence is desirable
- Studying towards a business-related degree is essential
Employee Benefits Include:
- 33 days holiday per year (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Pension scheme with linked life insurance
- Employee discount scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted tyre vouchers
The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
Application deadline: 31.12.2026, please be aware that applications may close sooner due to significant volume.
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Job Description
Purchasing Assistant - Undergraduate Placement - Burton on Trent, UK
Posting Date: 04/10/2026
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Burton on Trent
Function: Purchasing
Experience: no experience
Pirelli is a truly international group and is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-performance tyres. Pirelli UK Tyres Ltd is the company responsible for all the Pirelli Tyre related operations in the UK.
A 12-month placement is available within the Purchasing Department working within a small, disciplined and professional team.
Main Duties Include:
- Regular reporting of purchasing activities
- Assisting with invoicing queries and pricing corrections
- Providing support during supplier audits
- Processing of information relating to new and existing suppliers, ensuring records are maintained
- Responding to requests for information from line management, purchasing colleagues in Milan and suppliers
- Supporting ongoing revision and improvement of purchasing documentation and procedures
- Supporting the overall team with administration support
- Taking responsibility for a work-based project
Qualifications and Skills Required:
- Good keyboard skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Good organisational skills and ability to work on your own initiative in a fast-paced environment
- Good communication skills, and able to liaise with people at all levels in the organisation
- Flexibility and good analytical skills
- Valid work experience would be beneficial
- A full clean driving licence is desirable
- Studying towards a business-related degree is essential
Employee Benefits Include:
- 33 days holiday per year (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Pension scheme with linked life insurance
- Employee discount scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted tyre vouchers
The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
Application deadline: 31.12.2026, please be aware that applications may close sooner due to significant volume.
