Buying Assistant

2 months ago


Wellingborough, United Kingdom Salvation Army Trading Co. Ltd. Full time

**The Role**:
This role is key in the running of SATCoL. You will be required to support the Senior Procurement & Inventory Buyer in the day to day purchasing operations.

The role will be Mon-Fri 9.30am-2.30pm based at our Wellingborough Support Centre.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Working closely with, and supporting the Senior Procurement & Inventory Buyer
- Develop and manage good relationships with current and potential suppliers to maximise growth.
- Ensure that suppliers meet the company’s current ethical standards.
- Ensuring product quality, consistency, and service.
- Plan sourcing opportunities and be able to present how the company can capitalise on them.
- Manage and maintain the stock ensuring that we have the optimum stock holding levels.
- Ensure incoming products meet quality and quantity specifications.
- Ensure that any orders that are outside delivery SLAs are followed up until received.
- Any other ad hoc duties that may be required

**Key attributes**:

- Effective oral and written communications
- Analytical skills
- Commercial awareness
- Negotiating & Influencing
- Managing relationships
- Information-gathering
- Ability to make decisions and cope with demanding targets and tight deadlines.
- Forward Planning and time-management
- Customer and Business Focused
- Innovative thinking
- Results-focussed
- Quality conscious
- Personal Awareness and Impact
- Confident approach
- Diplomacy

**Desirable skills and qualifications**:

- Knowledge of ERP systems.
- Computer literate and experienced in the use of Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
- A full UK driving licence
- Sensitive to the aims and ethos of The Salvation Army

**Please be aware that this advert may close sooner than the closing date in extreme circumstances


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