ASSISTANT PURCHASING MANAGER

ASSISTANT PURCHASING MANAGER

Location: South East London (SE17) , South East London View map Salary: From 30,000 to 35,000 per annum Date posted: 11/04/2012 17:12 Job type:Permanent Company: Crossways Recruitment Ltd Contact: Claire Power Ref: Totaljobs/cwp1204 Job ID: 53334063

London SE17

Assistant Purchasing Manager

Circa 30k

Fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company

Our client is a market leader in bespoke designer giftware, with emphasis on the seasonal gifts market. Their client base is extremely enviable & loyal & they deal with some of the most well-known upmarket retailers in the world.

A fabulous opportunity has arisen within their Purchasing Team to work alongside the Purchasing Manager

Duties include;

Overseeing a group of suppliers, requesting samples stage through to despatch.

Sourcing over 2000 product inventories from 7 countries, (the MD designs 2500 products)

The department is split between seasonal suppliers (Christmas & Easter) and day to day suppliers; however you will be mainly looking after about half of the contacts for the seasonal gifts

Initial contact with suppliers to request samples (normally by air)

Once design has been approved & final samples are agreed; all details are set up on system

Lots of communication with other departments especially Finance Team, agreed credit terms, payment methods etc , raising purchase orders etc

Liaison with Quality Control to ensure product passes all control procedures

Progress monitoring of all accounts from order to despatch; dealing with any issues that may occur

Direct report to Purchasing Manager in regards to issues that may arise.

Good problem solv er, self-motivated, good time management skills, responsible & happy taking ownership of work,

Leading up to Easter (& especially Christmas) this role will become extremely busy

Experience

Ideally you will have worked in a similar role; Purchasing ideally.

Have a good eye for detail, with a slightly creative interest & a desire to succeed in your career.

Extremely numerate, good IT skills, with an emphasis on Excel

Excellent all round communication skills

You need to be assertive, calm & confident in your approach & enjoy working in a very busy, dynamiccompany

If you have the necessary skills then please send me your CV