Sales Operations Specialist- Purchasing

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Sales Operations Specialist- Purchasing. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Work as part of a great team
• Work for a leading global company
• St Leonards location, just a 10minute walk from the train station

We are looking for a self-motivated person who has excellent organisational skills, the ability to make decisions and who is an excellent communicator. Ideally you will have a good understanding of working with supply chain and excellent relationship building skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Purchasing physical and virtual (software) products from a number of vendors in a timely and responsive manner as per SLA’s and in accordance with MBO’s.
• Updating ETA's for all open purchase orders. This includes liaising with vendors, freight forwarders and warehouse staff.
• Performing MIGO on all vendors as required.
• Use vendor’s website tools to resolve complex product configuration issues prior to shipping in order to ensure orders are processed correctly.
• Manage daily EDI Purchasing activities.
• Working with inventory planners to maintaining product category listings and re-order points.
• Obtain information regarding product marketing and other issues that may affect purchasing lead times.
• Ensuring inventory integrity. Including involvement in QTR stock takes
• Tracking orders to ensure goods are received in a timely manner.
• Resolve all outstanding issues such as short shipments, product quality, etc.
• Communicating with internal staff, suppliers and freight forwarders - both verbal and written.

Skills and knowledge:

• Effective communication skills - both verbal and written.
• Strong administration skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• High level of attention to detail
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• PC literacy - Outlook, Excel, Word and familiarity using web based applications.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake detailed Analysis and reporting.
• Problem solving skills to resolve customer concerns.

Experience:

• Previous purchasing experience would be preferred.
• Any previous experience with specific purchasing experience for IT-based products or website based ordering tools would be considered highly.
• Previous employment in a distribution company would be preferred.
• Exposure to SAP would be highly regarded.