Purchasing Assistant

Miller’s Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Purchasing Assistant to join their team. In this role, you will handle purchase orders, maintain supplier contacts, and ensure timely processing. Ideal candidates will have purchasing experience or strong administrative skills, along with sound computer and organizational abilities. Join a company with a rich history and commitment to employee welfare, where you will enjoy a dynamic work environment and generous benefits.

Benefits

Job Specific Uniform & tooling

Company Pension

32 holiday days per year

Company wide fun days and charity events

Regular staff treats for employees and families

Qualifications

• Previous purchasing experience or strong administrative experience.
• Knowledge of Sage order processing is a plus; training available.
• Good understanding of online ordering systems.

Responsibilities

• Process and submit purchase orders accurately.
• Manage pricing updates and supplier relationships.
• Identify potential cost savings and expedite orders.

Skills

Attention to detail

Computer literacy

Strong administrative skills

Tools

Sage order processing

Excel

Siclops

Solar Vista Live

Job description

We are seeking a Purchasing Assistant to join our fast-paced team. You will be responsible for the accurate processing and submitting of purchase orders, chasing and updating delivery dates, and obtaining prices from suppliers.

Your Role:

• To deal with purchase order requests in a timely manner.
• To ensure purchase prices are kept up-to-date.
• Ensuring correct prices are gathered and inputted into internal systems
• To ensure parts are sourced quickly and in a cost-efficient manner.
• Expediting orders whilst maintaining supplier relationships.
• Identify any potential cost savings for the business.
• Regular contact with suppliers and internal stakeholders via telephone and email.

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Previous purchasing experience is preferred, including parts sourcing, processing purchase orders, and dealing with suppliers. However strong administrative experience will be considered.
• Particular attention will be given to applicants who possess knowledge of Sage order processing, although training will be available.
• Good knowledge and understanding of ordering via online portals.
• Computer literacy is essential, ideally with a background in Excel.
• Knowledge of the Siclops and/or Solar Vista Live systems is desirable but not essential as training will be given.
• A good telephone manner and ability to deal efficiently with queries both internal and external.
• High attention to detail.

Company Information

Who are we?

Millers 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 Millers 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 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments: –

• New (2021) 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.

Why join us?

• Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles
• Company wide fun days and charity events
• Company Pension
• 32 holidays days per year
• Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families.

Monday – Friday 8.00am – 17.00pm