Purchasing Associate

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa CDW Full time

Description

Job Title:
Purchasing Associate

Department:
Purchasing

Responsible For:
No direct reports

Responsible To:
Head Of Purchasing

Main Purpose of Job:

  • Chasing of all overdue Purchase Orders on a daily basis
  • Proactive resourcing of outstanding purchase orders
  • Use of Supplier back order reports and order acknowledgments to ensure our system is updated with as much information as possible
  • Liaise with Sales Team to communicate any issues arising with their orders
  • Cancel and amend orders as necessary, including initiating returns procedures
  • Provide departmental mailbox management when required
  • Take ownership of queries and follow through to completion
  • Develop relationships with all key Suppliers to enable improved ETA accuracy we provide to our sellers / customers
  • Provide cover for other members of the department as necessary and perform other tasks if requested

Knowledge & Experience

  • Excellent administration skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Demonstrates the ability to work well under pressure
  • Highly motivated with ability to work under own initiative, making decisions to benefit CDW (UK) Ltd
  • Demonstrates attention to detail, time management and organizational skills
  • Excellent problem solving skills

Personal Attributes

  • Motivated and driven
  • Ability to be proactive with proactive thinking
  • Selfstarter and ability to work on own initiative
  • Positive, enthusiastic and supportive individual
  • Effective communication skills
  • Ability to take ownership of and progress queries to resolution
  • Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
  • Demonstrated attention to detail
  • Ambitious to grow successful career within CDW
  • Passionate, professional, with a 'cando' attitude at all times

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