Buying Administrator

Adecco

Posted 20 hours ago, valid for 4 hours

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL86HA, England

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The Buying Administrator position is a 6-month contract based in Welwyn Garden City, requiring 36 hours of work per week from Monday to Friday.
The role offers a pay rate of £13.25 per hour and involves supporting Assistant Buyers and Buyers with various tasks, including product setup and managing deliveries.
Candidates should possess strong organizational skills, good Excel proficiency, and the ability to manage multiple tasks while working in a fast-paced environment.
A driving license is preferred due to the need for picking up items from other stores, and applicants should be confident in flagging issues to the team.
This role does not specify a required number of years of experience, but candidates should demonstrate initiative and the ability to work effectively in small teams.

Buying Administrator Support

Hours: Monday - Friday 36 hours a week

Location: Welwyn Garden City

Contract: 6 month contract

Rate: £13.25PH

Role Accountability's:

This role entails providing support for the Assistant Buyers/Buyers as required with tasks such as:

Product setup: working with TBS teams and My Product systems to ensure new products and suppliers are set up accurately and on time, from migration through to product authorisation.
Managing deliveries and product samples - requesting from suppliers, opening boxes, logging/storage/disposal of boxes and product, sending to agencies, press events, photography or returning to suppliers as required.
Competitor checks and price analysis - regular and adhoc checks online and instores as required.
Documenting and summarising for the team.
Maintaining any excel spreadsheets or trackers for the department, ensuring they are accurate and updated in a timely manner.
Helping to build product displays at our clients Merchandising Centre
Manual handling of heavy items

Skills required:

Ability/confidence to speak up and flag issues to wider team
Highly organised and excellent time management
Understanding of how to work to a critical path
Good excel skills
Work in an agile way, ability to juggle workload coming from different team members and prioritise effectively
Ability to use initiative when needed - we are small teams and busy departments.
Driving license is preferred as you will need to pick up items from other stores

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