Purchasing Assistant Manager
Full job description
Francesca's Recruitment
Salary: £30,000 – £33,600 per year
Francesca’s Recruitment are recruiting for a Purchasing Assistant Manager to join our busy successful key working business based in Clay Cross Chesterfield. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an existing vibrant purchasing team and become a real asset to our business with the prospect of advancing up through the company.
Purchasing Assistant Manager Role
* The full purchasing function including direct and indirect purchasing, processes, procedures, staff and the overall efficiency of the department.
* Contribute to price negotiations with suppliers, working alongside the management team.
* Development and maintenance of SLA’s, KPI’s and demand expectations with key suppliers.
* Building relationships with current and new suppliers face to face, to negotiate the best prices and discounts.
* Develop close working relationships with all internal teams to ensure excellent communication flow and to enable effective and timely fulfilment of customer orders.
* Updating Impress stock figures and produce monthly reports.
* Liaise with import suppliers regarding incoming container deliveries.
* Ensure all prices files received from suppliers are updated and producing price comparison reports to highlight any differences that need investigating.
* Assist the purchasing manager to implementing new suppliers and products.
* Assist in stock control and inventory levels for all branches.
* Updating system with all relevant new to range files that are received from our suppliers.
* Collate and process 30 day returns procedure monthly.
* Any other reasonable duties relating to purchasing as requested by either purchasing manager or senior management team.
Purchasing Assistant Manager Skills Required
* 1 years’ experience within a similar role
* A good standard of general education including numerical skills.
* Computer literate, with working experience of MS Office and Excel.
* Ability to cope with pressure and always maintain a calm manner.
* Accuracy and attention to detail.
* Able to build strong working relationships with excellent customer service.
* Experience in import/export procedures (Desirable).
* Impress stock knowledge (Desirable).
* Process based and task focused approach.
* Appreciates and understands the need of confidentiality in dealing with customers and prices.
Hours
Monday to Friday 8am – 5.30pm week 1, Monday to Friday 7.30am – 4.30pm week 2 (Rotas weekly shifts)
Location – Clay Cross, Chesterfield
Salary
£25,000- £28,000 depending on experience and benefits
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