Purchasing Assistant

Miller’s Recruitment; Ovingdean; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

City & Guilds accredited training

Uniform & tooling for all roles

Company pension

24 days holiday plus bank holidays

Staff events

Job summary

Miller’s Vanguard is seeking a Purchasing Administrator to raise and expedite purchase orders, source parts and equipment, and maintain stock levels. You will resolve pricing and delivery issues while supporting the procurement team with administrative tasks.

Ideal candidates will have purchasing experience, strong organisation and communication skills, and a proactive approach to identify cost-saving opportunities.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a purchasing, procurement or buying administration role.
• Good understanding of parts sourcing, technical components, parts manuals and supplier catalogues.
• Experience using procurement and stock control systems.
• Ability to identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality.
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to tasks.

Responsibilities

• Raising and expediting purchase orders to ensure timely delivery of parts and materials.
• Resolving pricing or delivery discrepancies.
• Sourcing parts, components and equipment to support operations.
• Maintaining appropriate stock levels to support business needs.
• Reviewing supplier performance and identifying cost savings and process improvements.
• Building and maintaining strong supplier relationships to secure best service and value.
• Assisting colleagues in the Purchasing Department with day-to-day administrative duties.
• Handling ad hoc purchasing requests and providing general support to the department.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Procurement systems

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Raising and expediting purchase orders to ensure timely delivery of parts and materials.


• Resolving any pricing or delivery discrepancies.


• Sourcing parts, components and equipment to support operations.


• Maintaining appropriate stock levels to support overall business needs.


• Reviewing supplier performance and identifying opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.


• Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers to secure the best service and value.


• Assisting colleagues within the Purchasing Department with day-to-day administrative duties.


• Handling ad hoc purchasing requests and providing general support to the department as required.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Previous experience in a purchasing, procurement or buying administration role.


• A good understanding of parts sourcing, technical components, parts manuals and supplier catalogues.


• Experience using procurement and stock control systems.


• The ability to identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality.


• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.


• Effective verbal and written communication skills.


• The ability to prioritise workload and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.


• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to tasks.

Company Information

Who are we?

Miller’s Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UK’s Supermarket chains for over 40 years, in brief, we are the people in the background ensuring that supermarkets keep the Nation fed! Maintaining a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.

Our service are as follows:

• Nationwide reactive maintenance


• Hygienic Deep cleaning & Planned maintenance services


• Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment

We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.

Our people

Despite being a large operation here at Miller’s Vanguard we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset we have YOU…the employee.

Our team of over 390 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-arts working environments:

• New Technical response centre


• Award Winning research, Innovation, and recycling facility


• Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet

We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.

Career Development

Training is also a huge part of our culture here at Miller’s Vanguard and our City and Guilds accredited training centre is where we coach and develop our employees regardless of your position or your length of service, we want to make sure that our staff can progress and keep pace with ever changing equipment technologies.

Why Join Us

• Training in our City & Guilds accredited academy


• Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles


• Company wide fun days and charity events


• Company Pension


• 24 Days holiday plus bank holidays


• Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families