Accounts and Purchasing Administrator

AFR Consulting; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus banks

Free on site parking

Good pension

Job summary

AFR Consulting is recruiting on behalf of a Blackburn-based manufacturing and distribution company for an Accounts and Purchasing Administrator. The role blends accounting, purchasing and project support to maintain smooth financial and supply chain operations.

You will process purchase and sales ledgers, manage credit control, support month-end tasks, and coordinate supplier negotiations to ensure stock availability and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance and administration.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to multitask and work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Purchase ledger duties including processing high volumes of invoices and dealing with supplier queries.
• Sales ledger duties, ensuring records are accurate and up to date.
• Credit control including chasing due and overdue customer accounts.
• Support routine finance reporting and month-end tasks as required by the Finance Manager.
• Coordinate requirements for products across the business, ensuring continuity of supply and appropriate stock availability.
• Negotiate prices and commercial terms with suppliers; evaluate and select suppliers considering price, quality, reliability and delivery.
• Make purchasing decisions independently within agreed financial authority limits, escalating commitments beyond those limits for approval.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships, monitor performance and identify opportunities for cost savings and improved purchasing efficiency.
• Maintain stock integrity, plan and implement stock takes.
• Coordinate projects arising from strategic development requirements and risks or opportunities identified across departments.
• Organise project plans, actions, responsibilities and timelines, following up with colleagues and external partners to maintain progress.

Job description

Our client, a manufacturing and distribution company based in Blackburn, are currently recruiting for an Accounts and Purchasing Administrator. This varied role will have three important parts, accounting, purchasing and project support.

Duties include:

• Purchase ledger duties including processing high volumes of invoices and dealing with any supplier queries
• Sales ledger duties, ensuring records are accurate and up to date.
• Credit control including chasing due and over customer accounts
• Support routine finance reporting and month-end tasks as required by the Finance Manager.
• Coordinate requirements for products across the business, ensuring continuity of supply and appropriate stock availability.
• Negotiate prices and commercial terms with suppliers; evaluate and select suppliers considering price, quality, reliability and delivery.
• Make purchasing decisions independently within agreed financial authority limits, escalating commitments beyond those limits for approval.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships, monitor performance and identify opportunities for cost savings and improved purchasing efficiency.
• Maintain stock integrity, plan and implement stock takes
• Coordinate projects arising from strategic development requirements and risks or opportunities identified across departments.
• Organise project plans, actions, responsibilities and timelines, following up with colleagues and external partners to maintain progress.

If you are naturally organized, used to working within a varied and fast paced role and have good experience within finance and administration, this could be the role for you. You need to be a good communicator, be able to multitask and be able to work to tight timescales.

In return you will receive a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus banks, free on site parking and good pension.