Reed
Purchasing Administrator
Job Location
Bristol, United Kingdom
Job Description
Purchasing Administrator (Immediately Available)
- Location: Bedminster, Bristol
- Salary: ~ £25K (temporary, with potential to go permanent)
- Hours: 37.5 / week
- Start Date: 28th October
Join a family-owned business in Bedminster - they are looking for a dedicated Purchasing Administrator to handle their administrative duties efficiently and keep records meticulously updated.
Responsibilities:
- Track and manage order, ensuring timely delivery of all goods and services
- Liaise with Purchase Ledger to process supplier invoice queries, ensuring timely approval for payment.
- Creation of all special codes
- Dealing with incoming enquiries from both internal and external sales team
- Answering queries from suppliers
- Ordering and despatching all sample orders
- Maintaining stock uniformity
- Maintaining weights/packaging/barcode details
- Obtaining images for all new stock lines
- Ordering company stationery and reporting on spend
- Support general office administration tasks, such as answering calls, scheduling meetings, and handling documentation.
Personal Attributes:
- An understanding of Procurement and a distribution business would be advantageous
- Proactive, with a strong sense of initiative.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload independently in a fast paced environment
- Proficiency of Microsoft office package including Excel, Word and Outlook
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent customer service skills with a strong focus on customer satisfaction
- High level of integrity, with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Strong focus on accuracy and delivering quality work.
- Problem solving skills for resolving supplier and procurement issues
- Conscientious with a good eye for detail
- Common sense approach to problem solving
- Good numerical and written communication skills
- Excellent telephone manner
- A ‘can do’ attitude
Qualifications and Experience:
- Previous experience in a purchasing, procurement, or administrative role.
- Experience in inventory management, supply chain, or logistics is a plus.
- Basic understanding of procurement processes and best practices.
- This is an ideal position for someone looking to further a career in administration in a busy Buying department taking in excess of 500 calls per week.
- Proactive, with a strong sense of initiative.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- High level of integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality
- Strong focus on accuracy and delivering quality work
Location: Bristol, GB
Posted Date: 10/27/2024
Contact Information
Contact | Human Resources Reed |
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