Purchasing Assistant

Miller’s Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Purchasing Assistant in a company that has supported the UK's supermarket chains for over 40 years. You'll play a crucial role in processing purchase orders, managing supplier relationships, and identifying cost savings. With a strong emphasis on training and development, this position offers a supportive environment where you can grow your career. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous holiday allowance and opportunities for professional advancement. If you're detail-oriented and thrive in a fast-paced setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Training in City & Guilds accredited academy

Job Specific Uniform & tooling

Company Pension

Holiday allowance of 32 days per year

Company wide fun days and charity events

Regular staff treats

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing and supplier management is preferred.
• Strong administrative skills will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Process and submit purchase orders accurately and efficiently.
• Maintain supplier relationships while expediting orders.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Administrative skills

Sage order processing

Computer literacy

Attention to detail

Telephone communication

Tools

Siclops

Solar Vista Live

Excel

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?
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 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.

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
• Holiday allowance of 32 days per year
• Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families
• Monday to Friday – 8 am – 5 pm

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