Junior Buyer

Work closely with all company personnel and departments to support, assist and process purchasing requisitions, as well as providing assistance with the monitoring and maintenance of inventory/stock levels of materials ensuring a seamless journey from supply through to production.

**Role and responsibilities**:

- (This list is to outline the common but not exhausted elements)_

To support and provide assistance with:

- Responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of the supplier section within the company’s Workflow system and ensure it is kept up-to-date.
- Expedite and bring orders in on a day-to-day basis to support the procurement department and other cross-functional departments within Applied Automation.
- Support with the processing of purchasing requisitions.
- Provide support to assist with maintaining inventory of materials into the business and ensure production is supported in its requirements.
- Support Buyers/Materials Controllers/Senior Buyers in their day-to-day activities, where necessary.
- Implement and maintain an effective filing system within the office, for PO’s and any spend accountable to individuals and departments.
- Set up new parts and provide general administrative support to senior members within the Buying Team.
- Responsible for ordering stationery for the entire company and ensuring requisitions are completed for each individual order.
- Support the procurement department to process weekly/monthly reports, excel spreadsheets, as well as KPI’s.
- Ensure a healthy relationship is maintained with our key suppliers/customers.
- Ensure that quality standards are maintained and (OTD) on time delivery targets are met.
- Competent user of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and PowerPoint.
- Previous experience in the ‘Total Procurement Cycle’.
- Excellent interpersonal and synthesis skills.
- Ability to act as an ambassador for Applied Automation.
- Highly organised.
- Great attention to detail.
- Competent communicator.