Purchasing and Shipping Administrator
£25,000 - Boston, Lincolnshire
We are looking for a candidate wanting to build and grow their career in a Procurement environment. This will be a great opportunity to thrive in a busy and stable commercial role.
The successful applicant will be responsible for providing effective support to the procurement team in Boston and our other UK sites, reporting to the Procurement Services Manager.
You will be responsible for:
- Processing time sensitive shipping documentation through our systems and processes.
- Creation and maintenance of purchase requisitions and purchase orders
- Liaising with internal and external contacts.
- Efficient administration and tracking of product shipping into the UK.
- Managing the volume of daily inbound deliveries and ensuring suppliers are issued with booking in references.
- Supplier invoice handling
- Further administrative support to the wider business
What are we looking for?
- Possess excellent organisation and proven administrative skills
- Be enthusiastic, driven and self-motivated, with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload to meet agreed targets.
- Be highly motivated with good communication skills at all levels.
- Highly organised and able to work under instruction as well as under their own initiative
- Be prepared and able to learn new skills with flexible attitude.
- Have at least 5 goods GCSE passes or equivalent, including English and Maths.
- Numerically oriented with a keen eye for detail
- Competent with Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel
- Experience using SAP, in particular purchase to pay systems
- International shipping processes
- Import customs procedures