Buyer

2 weeks ago

Braintree, United Kingdom Office Angels Full time

**Buyer**
**£28k-£32k per annum**
**Braintree, Essex**
**Monday-Thursday, 8am-5pm & Friday, 8am-4pm**

**Benefits**:20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, ability to buy additional holiday, cycle to work scheme, health benefits, on-site parking, pension scheme.

Assisting the Operations Team with purchase ordering, customer service and Central team support, you will work closely with vendors, maintaining positive relationships whilst negotiating, pricing and meeting deadlines.

**Duties**:

- Handle, identify and sort incoming requisitions accordingly
- Contribute to the output of processed requisitions
- Re-prioritise work continually to ensure urgent deadlines are met
- Ensure urgent orders are delivered on time, chasing suppliers for any orders that have not been fulfilled
- Attend weekly meetings with the manufacturing team to ensure they have all of the material to complete the orders on time
- Demonstrate excellent levels of customer service to internal customers
Demonstrate flexibility by providing support to all categories and functions of the department
- Place purchase orders with suppliers in line with company processes and requirements
- Use Excel to help analyse and report on the company orders
- Stock control
- Budgeting
- Gaining feedback from suppliers and project managers
- Work with the Procurement team to ensure new suppliers have completed on boarding process.
- Produce spend & performance reports for Procurement team.
- Other duties appropriate to the level of this role.

Qualifications/Experience required:

- A strong, confident telephone manner
- Strong mathematical and numerical skills - B or above at GCSE
- Good written and verbal English skills - B or above at GCSE
- Competent in all Microsoft Office programs
- Intermediate Excel skills - ideally the ability to use pivot tables, however this is not essential
- Ability to work well in a team and independently.
- Ability to work well under pressure and in a busy environment
- A positive and professional attitude towards work
- Pitching ideas to senior management
- Reacting to changes in Customer demand

Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

To speak to a recruitment expert please contact Charlotte Sayer

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