Assistant Buyer

Assistant Buyer- Technology
£18,000-£20,000 + Benefits
Hampshire
I am supporting a leading distribution company based in Hampshire, who are looking to appoint an assistant buyer to the team. This position will suit a confident, driven and enthusiastic individual who a has ambition to grow and develop their skill set within a purchasing environment. My client is looking for someone who can work well under pressure in a fast-pace environment.
The role will see you supporting a team of buyers covering all aspects of the end-to-end buying process.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Ad-hock administrative duties
• Raise purchase orders and send out to suppliers
• Maintain a clean and accurate database
• Issue booking in slots
• Resolve all warehouse delivery disputes
• Liaise with sales team to ensure deadlines are hit
• Forecasting responsibilities
• Place orders while ensuring stock levels are maintained for selected vendors

Skills and experience required:

• High-profile individual with experience working within administration, customer service, buying, supply chain or purchasing role
• Confident, outgoing and ambitious individual
• Ability/ experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Literacy, numerical and financial acumen
• Good working knowledge of Excel with the ability to produce V-Lookups
• Systems savvy with experience using ERP or similar system
• SAP experience is highly desirable
• Experience working for an electronic/ IT/ Technology distributor is highly desirable

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading and growing business who pride themselves on offering a fun and collaborative working environment and the opportunity to learn, development and forge a long and successful career.
About Cast UK

Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board.