Purchasing Administrator
Job Introduction
We currently have an opportunity for a Purchasing Administrator to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.
Role Responsibility
The role will include:
- Creating and communicating purchase orders in accordance with company policy.
- Exceeding client expectations, working as part of the team to deliver departmental objectives.
- Generating paperwork for production (works orders)
- Data processing
- Communicating with vendors to ensure OTIF targets are exceeded.
- Analysis of system data to best manage materials.
- Data entry and analysis in support of Supply Chain
- Generation, control and maintenance of work instructions, adapting to changes in client requirements.
- Provide periodical reports to Purchasing Team.
The Ideal Candidate
Candidates should be numerate, have confident communication skills and enjoy working to deadlines.
Package Description
Maternity Cover
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support exforces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.
Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.
