Purchasing Assistant Vacancy - Purchasing Plants, Planters and associated sundries.
* £37,000 - £40,000 Annual Salary, DOE
* 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday
* Office-based role, at our modern offices in Enderby, Leicester
* 31 days holiday including bank holidays
* Company Performance Bonus Scheme
Job Overview:
Are you looking to expand your career in Purchasing? Do you love working with plants? Do you enjoy a busy, deadline-driven job? If so, this is the role for you!
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Purchasing Assistant to join our expanding team. The ideal candidate will support the Purchasing Manager and wider purchasing team in managing procurement activities, ensuring that our Ops team have the plants, planters, and other materials they need to do their job on time.
The role will include researching suitable options, price testing/comparison, processing order data, and placing orders. This role requires strong organisational skills, good IT skills, attention to detail, and the ability to negotiate effectively with our suppliers.
Skills and Attributes We're Looking For:
* A basic understanding of purchasing principles, procedures, and strategies
* Excellent attention to detail and ability to process data and information quickly.
* Confident user of IT systems, especially Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
* Good communication skills via phone, email, and face to face.
* Ability to liaise between suppliers, manufacturers, importers, and internal project management, production, and delivery/installation teams.
* Good negotiation skills and ability to generate value through better purchasing.
* Basic financial awareness – understanding of cost control, budgeting, POs, and invoicing.
* Good problem-solving skills, adaptable, and thrives on a challenge.
* Team player, who lives and breathes our shared values and fits our culture.
Core Responsibilities:
* Order Processing and Management
* Price Comparisons and Negotiation
* Supplier Management
* Delivery Coordination and Stock Availability
* Reporting and Analysis on Product and Supplier Data
About Us:
We're a family-owned business based in Leicester with a passion for plants and an appetite for growth and development. Since we started almost 50 years ago, we've worked with some of the best and biggest brands across multiple industries, and our culture of great quality, great service, and friendly, personable service means that a lot of our clients keep using us year after year.
We specialise in interior planting, green walls, and floral displays. We bring the outside inside, using amazing live and replica plants, foliage, and biophilic design knowledge to create beautiful spaces where people want to work.
Our Values are:
* Exceed Expectations
* Make Things Happen
* Do the Right Thing
* Always Look for Ways To Improve
* Care For Your Colleagues, Customers, and the Community
Interested?
If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, we would love to hear from you. We look forward to receiving your application!
*No recruiters please!*
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