Purchasing Administrator

2 weeks ago


Durham, United Kingdom Apex Wiring Solutions Full time

**Accountable to: Purchasing Manager**

**Job Purpose**
- To provide administrative support to the purchasing team

**Key Responsibilities**
- To undertake various aspects of work relating to the procurement function, in particular.
- Raising and placing purchase orders as requested
- Purchase expediting including amending dates of purchase orders
- Managing purchase order acknowledgements
- Updating price lists in the system
- Resolving invoice queries
- Regular communication with suppliers
- Updating the team about any delays or problems
- Work closely with internal departments
- Update internal database relating to products and supplier/ account details
- Organising shipments and collections through our logistics software, this will also involve managing the logístical imports
- Creating and maintaining filing systems
- Producing required documents where required, records/logs, spreadsheets
- Supporting booking in Goods Inwards Receipts where necessary
- Taking a proactive approach and ensure deadlines are met
- Producing required documents, records/logs, spreadsheets and databases
- Arranging and attending meetings, taking minutes and keeping notes, sometimes on behalf of other colleagues
- Answering incoming calls
- Carrying out office duties, including making teas, coffees and organising sandwiches for meetings
- To provide sickness and holiday cover for other administration staff
- Any other office duties requested by the Purchasing Manager

**Key Skills**
- Excellent knowledge of a variety of software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and databases in general
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of SAP the company’s operating system would be desirable
- Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
- Flexible, hardworking and a keen team player
- Self
- motivated
- Ability to establish and develop relationships with internal and external sources
- Excellent attention to detail
- Purchasing administrative experience preferred
- Ability to multitask
- Ability to work under pressure on your own or as part of a team
- Have initiative, motivation and focus

**These are illustrative duties, and the post holder will be expected to become involved in a range of work to enable departments to respond effectively to the requirements of the Company**

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

**Salary**: £22,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
N/A

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Durham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Purchasing: 1 year (preferred)
- Administrative: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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