Purchasing administrator

Purchasing Administrator Stourport GBP25,500 Monday to Friday - (7:30-4 Mon to Thu, 7:30-1 Fri) Duties include: Expediting group orders with suppliers including: o Late deliveries of goods o Proactive progressing of estimated deliveries on orders not yet due o Service contracts and engineers reports Obtaining missing paperwork such as delivery notes or proof of deliveries where required Updating Sage200 system following any amendments to dates Reviewing order acknowledgements to ensure compliance with our technical specifications, challenging suppliers if there are any variations to price, requested delivery date, specification, quantity Updating the purchasing team should any delays or issues from suppliers arise and advising other departments of anticipated delivery dates Communicating with the wider business on deliveries which will impact either the build week or despatch Issuing of Supplier Assessment Questionnaires for new suppliers Maintaining and updating the Supplier Assessment matrix following receipt of completed questionnaires Validation of payment details following company guidance Raising of orders for third party processing such as Bright Zinc Plating, Heat Treatment and Blackodising using the pre-agreed price sheet Maintaining and updating of outstanding purchase order items for the daily production meeting Requesting information from key suppliers on lead time and issuing report to business Raising intracompany orders from production demand Reconciling delivery notes, invoices, and credit notes with the purchase order, including entering of all information of purchase system (Sage) Inputting, updating and maintaining supplier details on the computer system Supporting the purchasing team with general administration tasks Any other ad hoc duties as required Skills Thorough attention to detail and excellent accuracy in all work Self-motivation, ability to work under pressure and to deadlines Outgoing and confident Ability to be flexible and open to change Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team Computer literate ndash; MS Excel/Sage as a minimum