BAA / Buyers Admin Assistant (REF 1224)
- £26,000 – £30,000 DOE
- Surrey
We are looking for a BAA / Buyers Admin Assistant to join a successful and thriving business with a global customer base. In this role you will work alongside a talented team, ensuring that that you are purchasing the best quality products at the best price, whilst ensuring that target margins are being met. This is a great company to work for who offer huge opportunities for growth & progression.
The successful candidate will have some previous experience working in a purchasing, buying or supply chain coordination function within a wholesale environment, and be keen to grow and develop within this area. Ideally you will have some experience working alongside global suppliers, but a positive outlook and proactive approach are key!
Duties in this BAA / Buyers Admin Assistant role include:
- Providing support to the buying team in sourcing goods and materials from international suppliers
- Working closely with suppliers on a daily basis, build strong relationships
- Raising purchase orders and placing orders with suppliers in the UK, Europe, and Far East
- Raising and processing purchase orders for retail customers
- Work with the Sales and Design teams to ensure suppliers have all the necessary information for planned orders, to enable production and deliveries to progress efficiently
- Manage and maintain department critical paths, involving chasing relevant suppliers and communicating any changes to the relevant team
- Checking packaging artwork to ensure agreement with ingredient lists and safety data sheets
- Plan and arrange deliveries from port to warehouse and to ensure timely arrivals
- Monitoring deliveries, following the goods through Customs clearance
- Manage and maintain shipping and product trackers
- Proforma’s and order confirmations
- Sample management
The successful BAA / Buyers Admin Assistant will have:
- Some buying, purchasing, merchandising or supply chain experience within a wholesale environment
- Experience working with global factories would be ideal
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to form excellent working relationships both internally and externally, domestic and oversees
- Proactive person, who thrives in a fast-paced role and busy working environment
- Some knowledge of critical paths and product development timelines an advantage
- Flexible, driven, numeric and highly organised
- Brilliant multi-tasker with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously
- Solid Excel and MS Office skills
- A flexible approach with a positive outlook, and a team player!
Diversity & Inclusion: ILMJ values diversity, equality and inclusion and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and identities.
