Supply Chain Assistant Needed For Excellent Oxfordshire Company

Our client is a hugely successful company based in South Oxfordshire, seeking a Supply Chain Assistant to join their busy team. This is a permanent full time role with an attractive base salary and excellent benefits package.

This is a superb opportunity for someone that is interested in working in a purchasing team. You will be joining a friendly and motivated organisation that provides excellent support and training

The duties will included the following:

Place Purchase orders
Assist with monitoring the performance of suppliers
Investigate any items not delivered
Ensure the customer and supplier data bases are kept up to date.
Ensure that pricing information is updated and communicated where necessary
Build a good rapport with suppliers to ensure that delivery dates are being met
Provide general administrative assistance to purchasing teams
Ensure that stock is allocated and levels are maintainedFor this position we are seeking the following skills/attributes:

Excellent communication skills
The ability to deal with suppliers and third parties when necessary
Confident using MS Office in particular Excel
Experience of using Sage would be an advantage
If you have worked in a stock or purchasing environment previously it would be an advantage for this role
Confident working in a role that requires numerical abilities
Strong administrative skills and the ability to multi taskIt would be an advantage if you have worked in a similar role, however we are also considering candidates with a strong administrative background