Purchasing Assistant

We are recruiting for one of our long term clients based in Beckton, East London.
They are looking to recruit an experienced purchasing Assistant, their facility is a new building with modern offices and a great team feel.
Duties will include:
* Answering the telephone quickly, efficiently, in a polite and friendly manner
* Assist in the handling of incoming & outgoing post as required
* Respond to email queries on a daily basis from internal & external sources
* Oversee all stock exceptions as appropriate
* Manage incoming supplier acknowledgements on a daily basis
* Check supplier acknowledgement matches purchase order any changes / issues to be notified in writing
* Check pricing on incoming supplier acknowledgments and advise of any price discrepancies to be amended by admin assistant
* Update order due dates from supplier acknowledgements detailing incoming delivery dates
* Advise of any late deliveries via standard email template
* Deal with emails from suppliers advising of late deliveries by checking install dates against supplier’s delivery dates and work with planning / suppliers to meet all schedule planned dates
* Supplier invoicing
* Customer Invoicing
* Processing Sales Orders
* Processing Purchase Orders
* Producing Picking sheets relevant to sales order
* Sales & Purchase order amendments
* Provide ad-hoc support and assistance across the company
* Ensure all filing is up to date and filed correctly
Core competencies:
* Excellent organisation and administrative skills
* Acute time management
* Interpersonal skills
* Communication skills
* Full training will be given including, bespoke software systems
Skills required:
* A positive attitude to dealing with people and a client focussed approach
* Excellent communication skills through all channels including written, oral, telephone, email and face to face as well as the ability to work within and as part of a team
* An excellent telephone manner and strong interpersonal skills
* Knowledge and ability to use proficiently standard office computer software, including MS Office suite; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, databases and spreadsheets, email and internet applications
* Ability to work independently, including maintaining filing systems, databases
* An ability to work at a consistently high level of accuracy with acute attention to detail
In return for for your skills our client is offering a very competitive salary, 33 days holidays (inc bank holidays), company pension.
Hours of work are Monday to Friday - 9am to 5.30pm / Part time hours available
The position will be on a temp to perm basis.
Axiom Personnel are acting as an employment business in relation to this position