Purchasing Assistant

We are looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join our team here at Whitehall in Lacock.

This position will work alongside the Directors and Department Managers. You must be proactive, able to take direction and prepared to work in a fast-paced environment.

Purchasing Assistant tasks;
- Processing daily and weekly purchase orders online and monitoring automated purchase orders
- Obtaining quotes and completing invoice queries
- Managing relationships with suppliers to negotiate and analyse pricing
- Booking in stock, transferring stock between sites, and investigating any stock discrepancies.
- Working on an internal system to keep all data up to date and accurate.
- Helping to manage the cost, sale, margins and range of your assigned categories
- To maintain and develop excellent supplier relationships in a professional manner
- Handling supplier queries from purchase orders with regards to pricing, item number and lead times.
- 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
- 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, lead times, transit times where applicable
- Be part of a Professional team recognising other members work load and being flexible in relieving when busy

Benefits include;
- Free Parking
- Accrued annual leave
- Great staff discount
- Work place pension

Only applicants successfully shortlisted for interview will be contacted.