Purchasing Co-ordinator

**Main Duties**
- Validate all non-stock purchase requisitions, ensuring correct information & coding has been used prior to creating purchase orders in SAP.
- Understand the complete Requisition Process, automated software / purchase workflows and act as 1st point of contact for all purchase order queries in Southampton & wider division.
- Validate all key purchasing fields and ensure a high level of accuracy.
- Facilitate communication process and query resolution between Purchase Ledger and
- Requisitioners / Approvers in Southampton.
- Post Third Party Agent invoices onto the system and ensure they upload for payment.
- Liaise with third party suppliers to resolve any purchase order / invoice issues.
- Monitor Third Party Agent invoices and resolve any rejections.
- Provide cover for purchase order creation when other sites are closed or during staff annual leave.

**Skills and Knowledge**
- Relevant experience in a busy office environment.
- Excellent administration and communication skills
- Experience dealing with suppliers
- Experience of working within cross functional teams.
- Good understanding of a purchase ledger department and / or purchasing process.
- Ability to work to strict timelines
- Confident implementing process improvements

**Salary and Benefits**
- £26-28K
- Hybrid working - 3 days per week on site, 2 days from home
- 25 days holiday
- Healthcare plans
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Early Friday Finish
- Employee Discounts on products