Purchasing Administrator

Top reasons to work as a Purchasing Assistant for this client:

• Basic salary 25k to 27k
• Bonus
• Hybrid: one day per week working from home
• Monday to Friday 7.30am- 4.30pm or 8am-5pm
• Joining an engaged, fast paced Purchasing Team
• Brand new role due to strong company growth, a crucial role in the success of the team
• Huge emphasis on people, outstanding training and support
• Ambitious well-established manufacturer and supplier, market leader
• Purley Office
• Parking, pension, 20 days holiday + circa 1-week additional holiday at Christmas

Key responsibilities will typically include:

• Prepares purchase orders, place POs with the relevant suppliers and manage all related queries
• Booking couriers
• Arranging Clients and Suppliers collections
• ERP system data input ensuring 100% data accuracy.
• Ensuring 100% of Purchase Orders are acknowledged within agreed SLA times
• Talking to suppliers, updating systems, stock control, price negotiations
• Manages the office supplies orders (stationary, food supplies, etc)
• Compare product deliveries with issued purchase orders and contact vendors when there are discrepancies (quantity or invoice)
• Purchasing related administration

Ideal Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• Relevant purchasing administration or order processing or logistics or customer service experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Experience using a database or ERP system or CRM or ordering system
• Effective communicator, who enjoys being the go-to person in the team.
• Works well under pressure, to tight deadlines maintaining attention to detail
• Highly organised