Buying Assistant

7 days ago


Staffordshire, United Kingdom Autosmart International Full time

Are you looking for your next role Would you like to work for a stable market leading businessWe are looking for a Buying Assistant to join our Indirect Procurement Team where you will support our Indirect Buyer with your first-class administration skills while working closely with our indirect goods and services suppliers. You will fully utilise your exceptional communication skills to build and maintain relationships with existing and new suppliers in a pacey varied role great team environment where no two days are the same.Autosmart International is a manufacturing success story. Leading the field in vehicle cleaning products we are the No.1 choice of automotive trade customers across the UK. We have doubled in size in the last 10 years with a strategic plan to grow by 50% in the next 5 years. To sustain and underpin our growth we have invested over 35 million in a brand new 5-acre warehouse and state of the art manufacturing site in Burntwood Staffordshire.Our Buying Assistant will: Support the Buyer to maintain a steady supply of quality cost-effective goods and services from approved suppliers Foster strong and effective working relationships with suppliers to deliver savings and process efficiencies for indirect spend categories Assist the Buyer to negotiate agree manage and measure supplier performance against defined SLAs Manage Indirect Procurement Administration such as raising and monitoring purchase orders delivery and service queries ordering consumables for the business and collecting data and maintain records on our ERP system (IFS) Participate in a diverse range of procurement and supply chain projects Work collaboratively with colleagues across all departmentsOur Buying Assistant will have: Procurement experience in a similar position Administration experience in a busy customer/client facing team Excellent communication skills with the ability to build lasting working relationships internally and externally A natural curiosity with a creative and innovative approach to problem solving and a passion for continuous improvement A positive and can-do attitude First class attention to detail ERP system experience with strong administrative organisational and prioritisation skills Live within a 45-minute commute of BurntwoodWhat we can offer our Buying Assistant: A permanent contract with a financially stable market-leader Salary up to 30000 depending on experience 25 days holiday PLUS bank holidays Companywide training and development programmes Fast-paced customer-centric environment Flexible working options Private medical insurance A generous contributory pension scheme Life assurance at three times annual salary Employee assistance programme Staff purchase scheme take home products for FREEApply NOWIf you have hands-on buying experience excellent administration skills and would like a role in a commercially driven environment where your work REALLY matters then we cannot wait to hear from you apply today.Please visit our website to find out more about our Recruitment Privacy policy privacy-policy-staff-recruitment/ Key Skills Microsoft Office,Purchasing,Organizational skills,AS400,Math,Pricing,Analysis Skills,Merchandising,Microsoft Excel,Retail Math,Administrative Experience,negotiation Employment Type : Full Time Department / Functional Area: Purchasing Experience: years Vacancy: 1



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