Purchasing & Logistics Assistant

• Support the Buying team in delivering an excellent service.
• To appraise potential suppliers and expedite the quality assurance of them.
• To raise and manage low value orders.
• To chase scheduled deliveries by liaising with suppliers.
• To track on-hire reports and collection of off-hired items.
• To monitor supplier performance.
• To keep hired plant location sheets updated on a weekly basis.
• To ensure certification of suppliers is up to date, appropriately archived and renewed ahead of expiry dates.
• To assist by supporting the Procurement & Logistics function as required.
• To assist wider team functions as required
• Deal in a professional manner providing service and support to contracts teams in meeting the needs of the contracts.
• Provide support to Estimators with acquiring quotes and offering supplier and material recommendations.
• Actively interact within the team.
• Maintain a good relationship with Plant and Accounts departments, and other Keller Purchasing departments.
• To obtain quotes and negotiate prices for goods and services ensuring value for money.
• Ensure delivery of goods and services within budget on each project.
• To check and manage invoices where appropriate whilst maintaining and adhering to internal procedures.

Experience/Skills/Qualifications/Personal Attributes

Minimum:

• To have some commercial awareness and be organised by nature.
• To be able to use own initiative.
• To be confident, and have excellent, assured communication skills both verbally and written.
• Have the ability to adapt and amend workload priorities in a regularly changing environment.
• Excellent IT skills – Microsoft packages including Outlook, Excel, Word.
• Training will be given on EVision (Purchasing software).

Desirable:

• Ambition to commence college studies on a purchasing & logistics related course. 

• Previous experience in a construction purchasing environment or exposure to the construction industry. 

• Numerical accuracy and good oral communication is very important. 

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

Personal Attributes:

• To be a natural team worker, have a positive and friendly attitude, well organised and efficient.
• The ability to be self-sufficient with supervision as required.
• To be willing to develop good negotiating skills.
• Have the flexibility to adapt to changing demands of the role and to be able to carry out duties not part of the normal remit on occasions.
• Be friendly and have good communication skills.
• To have an ability to meet deadlines and work on own initiative.
• Have attention to detail.