Buying/Purchasing Assistant - Birmingham - £25k + bonus + excellent benefits
Due to continued growth and expansion with our client based in Birmingham, we are recruiting for a Buying/ Purchasing Assistant to work alongside the Purchasing Manager.
Key Duties include:
- Providing a high level of administrative support to the purchasing manager and wider team
- Ordering and procurement process of materials and stock
- Keep track of deliveries, products and informing site managers of arrival
- Analysis/report preparation and stock review of various products and materials
- Updating records of product descriptions and purchase prices frequently
- Assisting colleagues in other departments on an ad hoc basis
- Dealing with daily correspondence including the preparation of letters and emails
- Liaising with suppliers and dealing with any queries/issues such as product availability, requesting quotations and querying lead times etc.
- Liaising with suppliers to get the best trade prices they can offer
- Raising and emailing purchase orders to suppliers
- Research and sourcing of products while searching for the best available prices.
- Managing other general administrative duties such as the stationary orders and weekly shopping deliveries.
No qualifications necessary for this role however knowledge and experience of the industry is preferred
Hours - 9am - 5:30pm office based
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