Purchasing Assistant

I am currently recruiting for a growing business looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join their purchasing department. The role reports to the procurement manager. The company are big on learning and progression and are keen for an individual who wants to be developed further.

• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships, ensuring good communications.
• Undertake supplier negotiations.
• Placing of purchase orders with suppliers and managing them to ensure the goods/services are delivered in a timely manner to support our depot needs, communicating any supply problems
• Responsible for the 'day to day' management of the various procurement databases (ie. supplier files, delivery notes and supplier price lists) as well as participating in supplier selection/assessment and rating process.
• Planning/preparing forward import orders based on forecasted depot requirements, benchmarked against historical period sales figures.
• Assisting accounts in the posting of invoices and taking a leading role in the resolving of invoice/account discrepancies.
• Review/Research opportunities in the market place to assist the business in increasing sales margins and turnover..

The Ideal candidate will possess the following key skills/attributes and experience:

• Solid experience of working within a procurement team preferably with previous exposure to a range of relevant 'direct' and 'indirect' spend categories.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a 'close knit' team
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good analytical skills with excellent planning/prioritising skills and a strong focus on attention to detail.
• Strong IT skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Products.
• Commercially/Financially aware.
• Valid full UK Driving Licence.

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