Purchasing Assistant

2 months ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Job Title: Purchasing Assistant

Location: Plymouth

Contract Type: Full-time, Monday-Friday

Ventro, Firntec and LivGreen are an exciting group of companies focused on fire-safety services and net zero retrofit. As a Purchasing Assistant you will work closely and effectively with the purchasing team, in order to support our project managers ensure a timely delivery of stock to customer sites.. You will have to be confident in negotiations and talking with a variety or suppliers to achieve the best possible price on fire safety products – we will provide full training on product knowledge 

Key Skills / Responsibilities: 

Liaising with suppliers and internal departments
Negotiations with suppliers 
Conducting Supplier reviews 
Purchasing per project based on the bill of quantities within the budget set
Reactive purchasing based on on-site requisitions
Meeting deadlines for goods to get to site
Resolving account queries and ordering issues
One-off procurement exercises for bespoke projects
Carrying out tender exercises annually, per spend category

The successful candidate must: 

Have great attention to detail
Ideally (although not necessary) come from a buying/procurement background
Have excellent negotiation skills
Strong communication skills
Data entry skills

Ventro Ltd values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application


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