Job Description

Job Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Purchaser to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in managing the procurement process, ensuring that all materials and supplies are acquired efficiently and cost-effectively. This position requires a strong understanding of logistics and supply chain management, as well as experience with procurement systems such as Business Central.

Key Responsibilities

To be customer focused and date driven, ensuring all stocked product lines have sufficient stock levels to meet demand, whilst reacting to demand for back to back lines. All of this is to be done in line with the customers' requirements. To monitor sales of each SKU, adjusting stock levels in line with demand, and to provide recommendations for the stocking of strong performing back to back lines.

Stock Management and Procurement

Produce intake schedules and ensure accurate use of reporting of stock movement

Maintain stocked items to agreed levels to ensure that no sales are lost through being 'out of stock'

Place back to back orders for special order items ensuring they meet project timelines and liaise with Customer Service team accordingly.

Advise the Finance department of all pro-forma payments required to ensure timely delivery of products

Ensure weekly communication tools are used to advise Sales and Customer Service teams of delivery schedules.

Actively chase and communicate the status of purchase orders with suppliers against lead times, communicating this on the system, but most importantly to the customer service and sales team if customer orders will be impacted. To offer alternative solutions if a delay arises.

Arrange the necessary transportation of all purchase orders from suppliers, including liaising with the Warehouse Supervisor of planned deliveries.

To manage the creation of new SKUs in a speedy and accurate manner to support the quotation process for the Sales Team as well as to provide a smooth transition from new product selection to introduction.

Communicating to the business when SKUs/Ranges are discontinued and running down stocks, if applicable.

Check and approve all delivery notes against purchase orders, and receipting of stock within the system

To deal with any inbound damages, working with suppliers to obtain credits/replacements, whilst ensuring any shortages for customers are done so in a speedy manner and the customer service team are fully aware.

Liaising with suppliers to obtain pricing, stock levels and lead times for any new enquiries allow sales to provide a quick and efficient service to our clients.

To manage sample requests from suppliers ensuring the warehouse is aware of their arrival and they are delivered to the correct recipient.

Reporting

To build an effective suite of reports for all areas of the business to manage stock efficiently and act as a central coordinator for this activity.

To proactively manage the reporting tools to manage the company inventory

Maintain a supplier performance record and non-conformance log.

Key competencies and values:

Strong communication skills are essential Delivery of both internal and external customers to the highest of standards To work closely and collaboratively with the operations and sales teams to ensure a strong team spirit is constantly reinforced with a positive can do attitude. Ability to work closely with colleagues across all locations Demonstrate excellent numeracy skills Business central experience is desirable Use and development of business wide reporting tools Consistently demonstrate importance of data integrity

Key qualities

Positive with a can do attitude.

Honesty

Sense of urgency

Adaptive and a team player

Integrity

Numeracy

Attention to detail.

Organized with an ability to multi task.

Professionalism

Sense of humour

Sensitive to the intricacies of a small business, with a hands on approach

To act as a professional Brand Ambassador at all times

If you are passionate about procurement and looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact within our organisation, we encourage you to apply for the Purchaser position today!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 32,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Bereavement leave Company pension Employee discount Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Private medical insurance Sick pay
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person