Job Description

A client of ours in the Witham area are recruiting a Purchasing Administrator to join their team ASAP. This is a full-time temporary on-going position working Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm and paying 12.71 per hour.

Your key duties in this Purchasing Administrator role will include but are not limited to:

• Ensure Purchase order confirmations are collected, checked and all discrepancies challenged
• Manage the open purchase orders, ensuring high supplier OTIF and product availability
• Coordinate with suppliers, internal departments and couriers to ensure deliveries are on time, booked in, processed and replenished promptly
• Resolve any inbound delivery shortages, ensuring credits notes are issued
• Ensure the ERP has up to date purchase order information, product lead times and reorder data
• Work with the commercial team to ensure supplier price files are up to date, impacts generated, authorised and uploaded into the system ahead of time
• Ensure that all supplier claims are collated, actioned and invoices generated as per contractual agreements
• Resolve allocated invoice queries in a timely manner, fixing the route cause
• Assist with any administration functions of the commercial team as and when required.

Skills and experience required to be considered for this role:

• Previous purchasing administration experience, ideally within a commercial or purchasing environment
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Confident communicator able to liaise with suppliers and internal departments
• Good working knowledge of Excel and ERP systems

If you feel like you meet the above criteria and would like to be considered for this Purchasing Administrator position, please apply with your CV and Laura will be in touch.