Purchasing Assistant

4 weeks ago


Horncastle, United Kingdom Root2 Recruit Full time

**PURCHASING ASSISTANT**

**HORNCASTLE**

**£Competitive**

**Mon - Fri 08:00 - 16:30**

Are you a Purchasing Assistant, Purchasing Administrator or perhaps an experienced Administrator looking for a great opportunity to join an inclusive Purchasing Team?

The role of the Purchasing Assistant will be to support the Buyer in all aspects of purchasing providing a customer focused service to all internal and external stakeholders.

The company offer an impressive benefits package (see below) as well as the opportunity for on-going training and career development.

**Personal Specification Purchasing Assistant**:

- Good computer literacy, with intermediate skills of working with Microsoft Word and Excel
- Excellent communication, literacy and numeracy skills
- Purchasing experience desirable
- Preferably previous experience of undertaking clerical or administrative tasks
- Able to forge good working relations with the supply base
- Organisational and time management skills, ensuring all deadlines are met
- IFS knowledge is advantageous
- Good attention to detail and an organised approach to work
- Have a flexible approach to all activities and be able to demonstrate that you can work effectively both on your own, and with others in a team environment
- Driving licence as travel is occasionally required to other sites / suppliers

**Key responsibilities Purchasing Assistant**:

- Raising all manner of Purchase Orders
- IFS reports
- MRP
- Expediting orders
- Chasing overdue orders
- Shortage reports and actions arising from it
- Transport requests
- Assisting Sales with customer queries
- Inter branch and intercompany orders
- Invoice queries
- OTIF weekly actions
- Updating cost prices when required
- Attending onsite and offsite supplier meetings
- Producing regular and adhoc reports as and when required
- Smart Employee Eyecare - glasses prescriptions

Company benefits:

- Company pension scheme of 3% employer and 5% employee contribution (Aviva) auto-enrolled after 3 months or at age 21 years
- 2 x Life Assurance benefit (linked to pension scheme membership)
- 25 days holiday entitlement (plus Bank Holidays)
- Save as you earn Sharesave Scheme
- Access to a variety of high street discounts via our Network Benefits employee benefit
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu vouchers
- Various health & wellbeing initiatives including complimentary occupational health physiotherapy and counselling services
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential telephone helpline support
- Staff discount on all Genuit Group products
- Free on-site parking

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Horncastle, LN9 6JW: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person


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