Senior Purchasing Assistant

Senior Purchasing Assistant

Our client is a well-established Joinery contractor who deals with projects within the commercial and residential sectors. They have a wide and varied client base and a long pipeline of work for the coming year ahead. The business has a young, dynamic, and energetic management team with a strong business plan in place.

We are recruiting for a Senior Purchasing Assistant to work alongside the Purchasing Manager for the company. You will become part of a dynamic and friendly team while also being able to build on your office-based skills.

Key Duties:

• Providing a high level of administrative support to the purchasing manager and wider team
• Ordering and procurement process of materials and stock
• 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.
• 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.

Essential requirements/skills

• Hold a valid driving license with daily access to a car for work purposes.
• Strong organisation with the ability to multitask efficiently.
• High level of professional integrity
• Keen to take on additional responsibility
• Good rapport building with customers, suppliers, colleagues, and management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven experience in an administrative/procurement role
• Self-motivated with the ability to work well with others
• IT literate, able to use Windows, Microsoft Excel, and Word
• Strong understanding of including and excluding VAT
• Ability to calculate percentages, and understanding of discounts and price breaks