SF Recruitment are working with a business based in Birmingham who is looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join the team £29,000 Office based - Must have some purchasing / buying experience Role The main purpose of this job role is to assist Purchasing manager in the preparation, organising of all purchases, and ensuring supplies are obtained in a timely manner. - Liaising with suppliers on a daily basis by e-mail and telephone - Following up, monitoring outstanding orders to ensure delivery dates are met - Maintaining weekly schedules. Updating a range of schedules externally (suppliers, customers) and internally (sales team and technical team), and reconciling against computer system - Liaising with warehouse for goods-in bookings, maintaining paper work and system data - Stock level monitoring - Tracking and tracing shipments, liaising with shipping forwarders for shipping documentations and delivery bookings - Documentations - managing and filing - All other day to day general administration Candidate - Highly computer literate, able to manage data, produce documents to the highest of standards - Excellent maths, numerate and accurate - Very good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software packages e.g. Microsoft Word and Photoshop - Exceptional attention to detail - Able to work from own initiative with a high degree of organizational skill - Quick to learn with a Can Do attitude - Able to work under pressure - Ability to communicate effectively via telephone, email and face to face
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SF Recruitment
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 8 days
Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England
Full Time
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Sonic Summary
- SF Recruitment is seeking a Purchasing Assistant for a Birmingham-based company, offering a salary of £29,000.
- The role requires some prior purchasing or buying experience and is office-based.
- Key responsibilities include assisting the Purchasing Manager, liaising with suppliers, and monitoring outstanding orders to ensure timely deliveries.
- Candidates should be highly computer literate, possess excellent numerical skills, and have proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
- The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively under pressure.
