Purchasing Assistant

2 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom Jaguar Espresso Systems Full time

Jaguar Espresso Systems has a great opportunity for a **Purchasing Assistant** to join their growing team at their office in Reading.

**Purchasing Assistant
Reading, Berkshire, RG30 1BD**
- **Full time (37.5 hours per week), permanent**:

- **£28,000 - £32,000 per annum**

**Please Note: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK**

**About Our Company**:
Jaguar Espresso Systems is the UK’s leading independent wholesaler to the speciality coffee & tea sector. With a positive company culture and embedded employee values, we’re looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join our team.

We supply spare parts, Brita water filters, Eureka coffee grinders, Iberital coffee machines, barista accessories and cleaning products to the coffee trade. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality products and service to our customers in the coffeeindustry.

**About the Role**:
You’ll be responsible for maintaining stock levels of our products and assisting the purchasing manager in all aspects of procurement. You will be working in our Reading office and report directly to the Purchasing Manager.
- Key responsibilities:_
- Processing daily and weekly purchase orders online and monitoring automated purchase orders.
- Handling supplier queries from purchase orders with regards to pricing, part number changes, EOQs and lead times.
- Sourcing parts from alternative suppliers should problems arise with current supply routes (e.g. long lead times or price increases) whilst maintaining margins and checking price implications.
- Proactively chasing suppliers for out-of-stock items and logging due dates.
- Liaising with suppliers and finance team to query and/or update pricing in stock records.
- Amending sell prices based on supplier increases, both manually & via sell price calculator rules for auto-updating.
- Adding or removing products from min/max stock over-ride; setting up new stock codes; editing stock records & BOM’s.
- Liaising with goods-in & customer service teams to resolve queries on faulty/incorrect products from suppliers.
- Following up and logging due dates taking into consideration purchase order cycles, production/lead times, transit times, and custom clearance times where applicable.

**About You**:

- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a purchasing or procurement role
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- First rate IT skills and comfortable working with new technology.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel to a high level.
- Ability to assimilate information from multiple systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent communicator & ability to forge strong working relationships
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.

**Benefits**:
We offer a competitive salary package and a positive working environment with opportunities for growth and career development.
- If you are passionate about the coffee industry and are excited about joining a leading supplier in the field, we would love to hear from you._

**You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.**

Other suitable skills and experience includes Buyer, Purchaser, Purchasing, Purchasing Assistant, Procurement, Procurement Assistant, Buying, Buying Assistant.



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