Trainee Purchasing Administrator

Our Client has an excellent opportunity for a Purchasing Administrator responsible for administering the company’s purchase order process so that orders are placed accurately and in a timely manner. Suited to a graduate or someone with one year administration experience further qualifications in purchasing can be supported.

Main Duties:

• To process requisitions from internal customers ensuring they are correctly inputted and authorised on a timely basis.

• Develop relationships with both new and existing suppliers, and contractors.

• Resolve supplier queries by phone and e-mail.

• Liaise with the Purchase Ledger department and ensure prompt resolution of queried invoices.

• Maintain the supplier details within the purchasing system.

• Run daily reports for the Departmental directors from the purchasing system.

• Maintain the electronic filing systems within the purchasing section.

• Use of MS applications and internal purchasing system.

• Perform ad hoc reporting and duties as required.

Key experience, skills and attributes:

- Experience in Purchasing is desirable, but not essential

- Good standard of education, including Maths and English

- Good command of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)

- Must be able to work well as a part of a team

- Highly organised

- Strong attention to detail

- Enjoys liaising with lots of different points of contact and has a genuine desire to help and support.

Immediate start available with this forward thinking organisation.