Purchase Order Administrator

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Purchase Order (Product) Coordinator to join our commercial team based in Watford.

As PO Coordinator, you will be part of the clothing merchandising team supporting them with efficient and accurate information between the PEP&CO teams in the United Kingdom and Poland.

You will be responsible for maintaining all content and information to support the ‘One Range’ implementation. You will also ensure our ability to manage all orders within the required timescales.

What will you be doing..

• Ensure the delivery of data supporting the purchase order creation process
• Track and report on any milestones ensuring all relevant communication to stakeholders
• Manage and structure the communication between all relevant stakeholders, direct suppliers and PGS
• Support the relationship between the planning and buying teams and be the point of contact for any trading, planning or purchasing queries
• Ensure all queries are managed in timely manner, and impact of the ‘One range’ implementation on Pepco
• Planning and Buying team is minimised
• Ensure all PO data is maintained and accurate to provide a successful delivery schedule
• Check Gold Seal samples are correct
• Report any issues and propose solutions
• Carry out analysis to support planning teams
  What do you need?
• Previous admin /coordinator experience
• Experience working with purchasing systems
• Effective communication
• Must have experience with all Microsoft applications
• Knowledge of Oracle is desirable
• Experience of working under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
  About Poundland..

Since opening its first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value every day.

Poundland offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys. It is on a journey from a single price to a simple price point retailer. While the majority of items in its stores are at its original £1 price point, it is extending ranges above and below £1 that also offer amazing value.

Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand. Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.

Within the UK Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of its larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a standalone brand, offers customers a full range of women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion and is now bringing new style to Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that’s hard to find on local high streets.

PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.