Purchasing Assistant

4 days ago


Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom Connells Group HQ Full time

Based at our head office in Leighton Buzzard, Connells Group have an opportunity for a strong administrator to join our purchasing team. The **Purchasing Assistant** will play a key role in ensuring that the actions and communications are dealt with a timely and professional manner. You will liaise with other departments/ branches to ensure that their requirements are understood andactioned and that they in turn are made aware of any problems concerning delivery.
You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, 25 days holiday and colleague benefits.
**Key accountabilities of a Purchasing Assistant**:

- Ensure that all purchasing requests are actioned / placed in a timely manner
- Continually monitor supplier’s performance and where appropriate make suggestions regarding placement of business with supplier’s dependent on their performance
- Offering support to the Group Purchasing Manager & Assistant Manager with tender proposals and Ad hoc projects
- Help in ensuring the postroom runs smoothly when annual leave is taken. Franking post and sorting ready for collection
- Maintain all records of orders placed and make such records available to the Group Purchasing Manager’s request
- Ensure that all demands made on the purchasing department are actioned in an efficient, cost effective and timely manner

**Skills & Experience required for a Purchasing Assistant**:

- Demonstrate good communication and customer care skills
- Show attention to detail, accuracy and numerate
- Able to organise yourself and others whilst working under pressure with minimum supervision
- Have the confidence to use your own initiative to solve problems
- Be a team player

**About us**
**Connells Group** is one of the largest and most successful estate agency and property services providers in the UK and as of March 2021 also encompasses Countrywide.Founded in 1936 and with a network of over 1,200 branches nationwide, the Groupcombines residential sales and lettings expertise with a range of consumer and corporate services including new homes, mortgage services, conveyancing, EPC provision, surveying, corporate lettings, asset management, land & planning, LPA receivers and auctions.


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