Purchasing Associate

7 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa CDW Full time

**Description**

**Job title**: Purchasing Associate - Fixed Term Contract

**Department**: Purchasing and Supply Chain

**Responsible for**:Administration/internal procurement

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Continually chase and update purchase orders with the latest ETA information so this is relayed back to our customers.
- Cancel and amend purchase orders where necessary and taking ownership of queries through to completion.
- Liaise with Sales Team to communicate any issues arising with their orders.
- Provide cover for other members of the department as necessary and perform other tasks if requested from time to time by the Purchasing Manager
- To be continuously aware of Company Health and Safety Policies, including environmental, and always adhere to them.

**Knowledge and experience**:

- Excellent administration skills;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
- Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure;
- Highly motivated with ability to work under own initiative, making decisions to benefit CDW;
- Demonstrated attention to detail, time management and organizational skills;
- Excellent problem-solving skills

**Personal attributes**:

- Hardworking
- Personable
- Team Player
- Ability to work on their initiative
- Excellent Communication Skills both written and verbal
- Ability to Multi Task

**Who we are**:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organisations in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from startups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small.

**What you can expect from us**:
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT, but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, youll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true selfand your best ideasto CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solvingand better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.


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