Purchasing Assistant

Salary: £26,400 – £30,000 per year

My client is continuing to expand and as a result they are currently seeking an enthusiastic PURCHASING ASSISTANT to join and strengthen their team in ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Placing daily orders for stock from our main suppliers
• Liaising with suppliers regarding enquiries and orders
• Updating overdue orders information on the system
• Investigating and resolving Goods-In queries, ensuring that any materials that are late or holding up despatch for any reason are chased and followed up until received
• Processing stock adjustments
• Processing inter-site stock transfers
• Updating supplier price support database information
• Provide general administrative support to the purchasing manager
• To undertake, when requested by the managing directors, additional reasonable tasks and responsibilities not outlined above in order to support the success and continuing performance of the department and company.

Holiday Cover Duties:

• Processing ‘Back to Back’ orders (items specifically for a customer’s order)
• Receiving and booking out orders shipped directly from the supplier to customer
• Cover customer returns controller activities

Experience & Skills:

• Relevant work experience in a similar environment
• Reliability, adaptability
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills, telephone manner and technique as well as good interpersonal skills
• Effective numeracy, literacy and word processing skills
• Ability to liaise closely with internal colleagues and external parties
• Ability to make decisions relating to the day to day running of stock control without upward referral, and refer wider reaching decisions to the purchasing manager
• Excellent organisational skills, demonstrates a logical and methodical approach with attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrates an analytical and evaluative approach to facts and figures
• Good time-management skills, the ability to work under pressure and plan workflow to meet deadlines

Additional Details:

• Competitive salary offered (negotiable dependent upon experience)

• Full UK Driving Licence (desirable)

• 22 days paid annual leave plus statutory holidays

• Company paid health cash plan after completion of successful probationary period.