Purchasing Assistant - Candidate Source Ltd : Job Details

A highly successful and well-established e-commerce business selling sports, fitness, healthcare, safety and pet products is looking for an office-based Purchasing Assistant to join their team.Along with a salary of up to £30,010.50 per annum, you will also receive 28 days of holiday including bank holidays (rising by a further holiday for each year of service up to 33 days of holiday), regular staff socials funded by the business, weekly McDonald’s breakfasts, free tea and coffee, Friday beers, soft drinks and chocolate, and a staff discount on products!  This specialist e-commerce company has been launching world-class websites for the last 16 years and operates several successful businesses in multiple industries from their head office in Clapham, Central London. The business is ISO 9001 certified which demonstrates its commitment to continual improvement and quality of service.This is a fantastic opportunity to learn a huge amount about E-commerce and the buying and procurement processes within online retail. For the right candidate there are opportunities to progress within the business.We require a candidate who can work quickly under pressure whilst remaining organised. The Purchasing Assistant’s role will involve raising purchase orders for stock and liaising with suppliers regarding pricing and stock availability. You will work closely with all areas of the business including Goods Inwards, Dispatch, Customer Services and Accounts.As a Purchasing Assistant your duties will include:

• Raising purchase orders for stock
• Liaising with suppliers regarding delivery times, stock availability and pricing
• Liaising with suppliers to rectify late, short, faulty and incorrect deliveries
• Analysing sales data, patterns and trends
• Negotiating with suppliers; pricing, minimum order quantities, bulk discounts and exclusive promotional activity
• Updating internal systems routinely with product details, attributes, pricing and delivery estimates
• Maintaining up to date supplier pricing
• Managing supplier performance
• Identifying, contacting and onboarding new suppliers
• Liaising regularly with internal departments
• Other ad hoc responsibilities

The ideal Purchasing Assistant will have the following skills and experiences:

• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent organisation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Confident telephone manner
• Good negotiating skills
• Focus and commercial intelligence
• Basic use of Microsoft Excel
• Good maths skills
• Must be fluent in English

How to apply:To apply for this role, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.We look forward to receiving your application.Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.