Buying Assistant

Autosmart International; Burntwood; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A stable market leader in manufacturing is looking for a Buying Assistant in Burntwood. You will support the Buyer in maintaining quality goods and services, fostering relationships with suppliers, and managing procurement administration. Candidates should have procurement experience and exceptional communication skills. Salary up to £30,000 with excellent benefits including private medical insurance and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Private medical insurance

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Staff purchase scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar procurement role.
• Ability to build working relationships.
• Curiosity and passion for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Maintain supply of quality goods and services.
• Build relationships with suppliers for savings.
• Manage procurement administration tasks.

Skills

Procurement experience

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Creative and innovative problem solving

Strong administrative skills

Tools

ERP system experience

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for your next role? Would you like to work for a stable, market leading business?

We are looking for a Buying Assistant to join our Indirect Procurement Team where you will support our Indirect Buyer with your first-class administration skills, while working closely with our indirect goods and services suppliers. You will fully utilise your exceptional communication skills to build and maintain relationships with existing and new suppliers, in a pacey, varied role, great team environment, where no two days are the same.

Autosmart International is a manufacturing success story. Leading the field in vehicle cleaning products, we are the No.1 choice of automotive trade customers across the UK. We have doubled in size in the last 10 years with a strategic plan to grow by 50% in the next 5 years. To sustain and underpin our growth, we have invested over £35 million in a brand new, 5-acre warehouse and state of the art manufacturing site in Burntwood, Staffordshire.

Our Buying Assistant Will

• Support the Buyer to maintain a steady supply of quality, cost-effective goods and services from approved suppliers
• Foster strong and effective working relationships with suppliers to deliver savings and process efficiencies for indirect spend categories
• Assist the Buyer to negotiate, agree, manage, and measure supplier performance against defined SLAs
• Manage Indirect Procurement Administration such as raising and monitoring purchase orders, delivery and service queries, ordering consumables for the business and collecting data and maintain records on our ERP system (IFS)
• Participate in a diverse range of procurement and supply chain projects
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across all departments

Our Buying Assistant Will Have

• Procurement experience in a similar position
• Administration experience in a busy customer/client facing team
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build lasting working relationships internally and externally
• A natural curiosity, with a creative and innovative approach to problem solving, and a passion for continuous improvement
• A positive and can-do attitude
• First class attention to detail
• ERP system experience, with strong administrative, organisational and prioritisation skills
• Live within a 45-minute commute of Burntwood

What We Can Offer Our Buying Assistant

• A permanent contract with a financially stable market-leader
• Salary up to £30,000 depending on experience
• 25 days holiday PLUS bank holidays
• Companywide training and development programmes
• Fast-paced, customer-centric environment
• Flexible working options
• Private medical insurance
• A generous contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance at three times annual salary
• Employee assistance programme
• Staff purchase scheme – take home products for FREE

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If you have hands-on buying experience, excellent administration skills and would like a role in a commercially driven environment, where your work REALLY matters, then we cannot wait to hear from you, apply today.

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