Purchasing Administrator
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £24000 – £26000/annum Plus great company benefits
Purchasing Administrator / Trainee – Junior Buyer
Full time permanent role – office based
Mon-Fri (Apply online only)
Edenbridge. Lots of free parking on site and close to railway station
Salary. £24000-£26000 plus great company benefits
My established, successful and professional client is seeking to recruit an additional Purchasing Administrator / Trainee – Junior Buyer urgently with a December or January start date. This is a permanent role working within a superb business.
The role:
The successful applicant will work closely with the Senior Buyer and Purchasing Director to assist customers with the development and sourcing of new product, whilst also dealing with the sourcing and purchasing of a number of key items.
The candidate must be able to work with the sales team and help them in developing new opportunities, and also to work closely with the purchasing team to ensure both the client's, and companies own production needs are met. The role requires a self-motivated, organised and focused individual with good attention to detail who can work on their own initiative whilst also being able to form part of a small but growing team.
Applicants would preferably have some customer service or purchasing experience although this is not essential as full training will be given. The role would ideally suit a college/university leaver or somebody looking to change their career into a more purchasing focused role.
Qualifications: All candidates should have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook as a minimum), have a good level of communication both verbally and in writing and have good numeracy skills
Duties and responsibilities:
To collect and organise UK and International post coming into and going out of the department
Fielding telephone calls from other parts of the group, suppliers and also customers
Processing enquiries, providing quotations and booking orders
Checking and signing off supplier invoices and passing these to the Accounts
Setting up of new product codes, customers, suppliers and products on Sage
Booking new orders onto the company's systems and then managing stock, including liaising with warehouses and supplier base to ensure deliveries reach the department and customers on time.
Handling new enquiries from the sales team and working with the purchasing team to ensure quotes are provided in a timely fashion.
Raising purchase orders for approval, forwarding these to suppliers and then following these through with supplier
Cost comparison and sourcing of products / suppliers nationwide and internationally.
Liaising directly with factories, suppliers and communicating with shipping agents.
Working with the senior buyer to negotiate cost prices with suppliers to achieve required margins.
Working alongside the marketing team to ensure products are featured on the company website and promoted effectively.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class business. My client would like to recruit into this role urgently, so please apply now for immediate consideration.
First Recruitment Services is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job
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- Address Edenbridge, Kent
