Buying Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading vehicle cleaning products company in the UK is seeking a Buying Assistant to support the Indirect Procurement Team. You will utilize your procurement and administration experience to maintain relationships with suppliers and ensure a steady supply of goods and services. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a keen attention to detail. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and various benefits including 25 days holiday, private medical insurance, and flexible working options.

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

• 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.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• ERP system experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the Buyer to maintain a steady supply of goods and services.
• Foster effective relationships with suppliers.
• Assist in negotiating supplier performance.
• Manage procurement administration such as purchase orders and queries.
• Participate in procurement and supply chain projects.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Purchasing

Organizational skills

AS400

Mathematics

Analysis Skills

Negotiation

Administrative Experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Are you looking for your next role Would you like to work for a stable market leading businessWe 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 30000 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

Apply NOW

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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Key Skills

Microsoft Office,Purchasing,Organizational skills,AS400,Math,Pricing,Analysis Skills,Merchandising,Microsoft Excel,Retail Math,Administrative Experience,negotiation

Employment Type : Full Time

Department / Functional Area : Purchasing

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1