Purchasing Administrator

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Purchasing Administrator

Wakefield

£neg

Working with suppliers and internally to ensure all inventory is ordered, shipped and receipted to ensure procurement processes run smoothly. Responsible for the administrative aspects of ensuring inventory reaches the right warehouses at the right time, this role is pivotal in maintaining customer satisfaction

• Accurately input data entry for orders and data amendments, communicate with suppliers, to meet business demand planning objectives for 2 companies
• Raise PO’s and maintain an accurate record of all transactions to ensure prompt delivery of goods to appropriate customers to meet business budget objectives
• Take ownership of and contribute towards providing solutions for customer and supplier queries through to effective resolution
• Accurately verify invoices against orders and maintain an accurate payment record of all transactions to ensure effective communication with Finance and efficient transfer of payments to suppliers
• Maintain high levels of effective liaison with Warehouse and all internal departments to facilitate smooth progress of order delivery to meet customer expectations and business objectives
• Provide relevant stakeholders with all necessary management information eg on out of stock, monthly analyses, back in stock dates
• Organise and select appropriate method of freight carriers, ensure all necessary customs paperwork is prepared and received to prevent any delays in shipping or receipt. Provide freight forwarders and couriers with all necessary information to ensure smooth transit and to prevent payment of any unnecessary duty or taxes
• Ensure all deliveries are appropriately booked in to make sure the warehouse is not overloaded and that stock holdings are maintained at the optimal level
• Works cooperatively with others and responds positively to requests for help and support
• Product set up including file set up, translations, ecomm products, commodity cost and barcode creation
• Preparation of certain sales orders, as well as approval of samples

Key Skills & Experience:

Quality Orientation – ensures that all aspects of work is completed to highest attention to detail and standards

Customer Focus – consistently shows a clear understanding of the suppliers/customer needs and requirements, is passionate about providing a high quality service to internal and external customers

Team Work – works cooperatively with others, responds positively to requests for help and support

MS Office – knowledge of Excel and Word to intermediate level

Purchasing Administration Experience is desirable

his vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Bagnall Hopkins Recruitment who is operating as an employment agency/business. Your application will be sent to one of our consultants for review, at which stage we will be in touch to discuss your details further. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours your application has not been successful.

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