Assistant Buyer

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Assistant Buyer

Redditch

£27,000 - £30,000

Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4.30pm

Opportunity:

Our client are currently looking for an Assistant Buyer to join the buying department. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing day-to-day support to regional buyers, helping the department to successfully purchase construction materials for all projects.

The Successful Applicant will:

Be proficient with MS Office software (Word, Excel) and Microsoft Outlook.

Hold previous experience in a fast-paced role within a buying team.

Have excellent communication skills, both via email and telephone and be able to communicate effectively across all business levels.

Have the ability to multi-task to department needs, planning and prioritising and shifting priorities quickly in a fast-moving environment.

Demonstrate methodical administrative skills, with good attention to detail.

Have the ability to build long-term external relationships.

Knowledge and experience working within groundworks, builders merchants and/or construction is desired.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Placing day-to-day material orders with suppliers.

Providing up-to-date ETAs to site teams, chasing where required.

Checking the correct items are delivered to site within agreed timeframes.

Arranging collection of equipment where required.

Handling invoice enquiries.

 Developing and maintaining the drainage order system (excel), to ensure a streamlines process.

Effectively understand and action tasks from regional buyers within agreed timeframes.

Answering calls and queries for the attention of the Buying department.