Purchasing Assistant

Salary: £27,600 – £30,000 per year

Our client is one of the UK’s leading Networking distributors. Established in 2005, they are based in between Horsham and Worthing, West Sussex. A very forward thinking and dynamic company, who wholly invest in their staff, customers and suppliers. They are now one of three companies in a group, and are currently opening up a second branch in Scotland. They are now looking for a Group Purchaser to handle day to day enquiries and ordering for the sister companies and branches.

You will be responsible for the whole purchasing cycle, which is led by customers immediate demands and needs. Within this role you will be required to liaise with the Sales Teams and suppliers in regard to obtaining prices and lead times. When back-to-back orders are placed, you will place these in a timely manner in line with customer and supplier expectations. You will also be responsible for managing the intertrade orders between the businesses, where order fulfilment is required to complete customer orders and the selling party requires further stock from another of the company’s.

Each company operates as a separate business, so you will act as a representative for each one as required. Although product set is relatively similar, they all sell different products and/or brands from the other, and while the processes are largely the same, you will need to easily adapt to each company/branch method of working as well as different colleagues.

Full product, system and process training will be provided, however experience of purchasing is required for this role. Use of Microsoft, predominately Microsoft Outlook and Excel, is essential.

You must have the following to be considered for the role:

* Experience in Purchasing

* Advanced skills in Microsoft Office – especially Microsoft Outlook and Excel

The ideal candidate would be energetic, charismatic, and ambitious with a passion for everything they do. They will be able to adapt quickly and work efficiently in a busy sales office environment, whilst always maintaining a professional attitude. They must have strong communication skills and be able to work well within a team, as well as being confident to work on tasks alone. A great deal of forward thinking is required in this role, creativity is desirable and enables efficient problem solving. Good organisation and impeccable timing is critical within this role, as is the ability to work under pressure. The ideal candidate must be customer orientated and have an ability to build strong and constructive relationships with both internal customers and suppliers.

Salary – £27,600 – £30,000p.a.

40 hours per week

Hours are 8.45am to 5.45pm Mon-Fri with a 1 hour unpaid lunch