Our client are an award winning, long established, specialist procurement and sourcing organisation, supplying a range of IT, Industrial, Mechanical and Electrical products across the globe. They are looking for a hardworking export administrator, with strong organisational skills and good attention to detail to work as part of their export administration team.
This is an interesting multi-faceted role, which offers variety and requires a range of administrative responsibilities to be executed to support clients with their procurement needs. This role represents a great opportunity for someone who enjoys administration work and is keen to develop a long term career in Procurement or Buying.
Full training is provided in the role, but you must be someone who is hardworking and keen to learn and develop your career. This role would ideally suit a graduate, with good IT skills and willingness to learn and a deisre to progress their career within Logistics/Exporting/Procurement.
Key Features of the role:
- Producing Price and Product Quotes and creating Pro-forma invoices for enquiries fromoverseas clients
- Sourcing items for customers via a range of suppliers and obtaining quotations and delivery information
- Prepare, implement, and execute procurement process, including contract negotiation work with finance team throughout the procurement cycle to assist in the payment to suppliers and receive payments from clients
- Coordinate back office operations, such as preparing shipping documents and dealing with freight forwarding agencies to organise shipment of goods either by sea, air or land
- You will be taught how to research contracts and tenders for Government ministries; in particular health, education, IT, office supply, emergency supplies
- Communicating with international clients with request for quotations, and sourcing relevant suppliers; developing commercial awareness to drive project success
- Intense use of Excel for raising quotes, Pro-forma and commercial invoices.
Skills/Experience needed:
- Previous Office/Administration experience would be highly desirable
- Organisational and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to prioritise workload
- Good communication, both written and verbal
- Copy typing skills, with good accuracy
- Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Using an e-sourcing tender software
- Attention to detail and able to produce work of an accurate nature
Please apply now for immediate consideration/interview. This role offers an immediate start and long term progression into a Procurement Officer/Sourcing specialist position.