Purchasing Administrator

Our client is a leading private equity backed UK based importer with an extensive range of performance driven products.
They believe in supporting their employees and local community. Everyone who works with them plays a vital role in helping achieve their ambitions. They empower their team, invest in individuals and reward achievement. They have ambitious plans to continue their remarkable growth journey within existing territories of the UK, Germany, Austria, and Benelux, as well as exploring opportunities with new brands, in new territories and adjacent categories.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Day to day support to internal stakeholders (Purchasing Manager and Supply Chain) by providing a high quality and efficient service.
- Obtaining new product information from new brands prior to onboarding.
- Product creation and kitting on ERP system.
- Uploading of new and amended pricing to ERP system.
- Auditing of product analysis codes/report fields.
- Management of purchase order verifications.
- Management of discontinued SKUs.
- Management of outstanding purchase orders including due dates, delivery updates and expedition by liaising with our suppliers regularly.
- Work closely with the goods-in team to ensure discrepancies on goods received are managed and actioned as applicable.
- Management of clearance list SKUs.
- Regular brand, stock and sales reporting as required.
- Ownership of purchasing for a portfolio of brands.

**Skills and Experience**
- Highly organised and a self-starter with a proven ability to multitask and use your own initiative to solve problems.
- A team player with the ability to work well with others as well as being able to work independently.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail is critical.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Experience of using Microsoft Office.
- An expert user of Microsoft Excel.
- Experience of using an inventory management system.

**Salary and Benefits**
- Basic salary dependent upon experience
- 25 days annual leave extending to 27 days after 3 years’ service
- The company operates a pension scheme
- Discretionary company bonus
- Shorter working week: 9.15am to 5.30pm (Mon-Thu), Friday 2.30pm early finish
- Discounts on company products

**Salary**: £20,000.00-£24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Saltash, PL12 6LY: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Purchasing: 1 year (required)