Purchase jobs in United Kingdom

We are looking for a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join our Finance Team.

The purchase ledger clerks take responsibility for:

1. Processing of invoices.
2. Payment of invoices.
3. Statement Reconciling.
4. Making one-off payments to external contractors outside of normal payment runs.
5. Resolving any invoice queries and gaining authorisation.
6. Responding to payment queries from external contractors.
7. Answering telephone queries from customers.
8. Assisting with general administrative tasks.

Ideal Candidate:

1. Good IT skills.
2. Attention to detail and accuracy, good planning and organisational skills.
3. Excellent numeracy, written and communication skills.
4. Problem-solving abilities.
5. Enthusiastic individuals with a willingness to learn.
6. Previous office experience.

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 services are as follows:

1. Nationwide reactive maintenance.
2. Hygienic deep cleaning & planned maintenance services.
3. 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: YOU…the employee.

Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:

1. New (2021) Technical response centre.
2. Award-winning research, innovation, and recycling facility.
3. 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. Our City and Guilds accredited training centre is where we coach and develop our employees regardless of their position or length of service. We want to make sure that our staff can progress and keep pace with ever-changing equipment technologies.

Why Join Us

1. Training in our City & Guilds accredited academy.
2. Job-specific uniform & tooling for all roles.
3. Company-wide fun days and charity events.
4. Company pension.
5. Incremental holiday allowance (up to 32 days per year).
6. Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families.