Purchasing and Office Administrator
Location: Macclesfield, SK10 2NZ, Cheshire
Salary: £30k per annum
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 40-hour week. 8am to 5.30pm Mon to Thurs and 8am to Midday on a Friday
RoBAT Ltd has a small multi-disciplined team designing and manufacturing high value robotic machines for testing large, printed circuit boards in our Macclesfield, Cheshire headquarters. Most of our sales are in China and the USA where we have our own small factories and staff employed to provide local support for the machines. We have established ourselves as the market leader in our niche market.
About the role:
We require a person to be responsible for assisting with Purchasing and Office Administration.
In addition to this you will be responsible for:
• Manage all incoming requisitions and POs
• Purchase goods and services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Support other relevant departments and communicate any supply risks and problems.
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and activities.
• Prepare and raise purchase orders and maintain order schedules, Processing purchasing from quotation, order through to timely delivery.
• Arranging international shipping via major couriers such as FedEx, UPS, DHL
• Responsible for goods in including matching delivery notes to purchase orders
• Meeting and greeting all visitors
• First point of call on the phone
• Admin support for all UK departments including Finance, Technical, R&D
• Admin support for senior staff including the MD
• Filing and archiving
• Any other duties as and when required
What we need from you:
Essential
• Experience of Purchasing role previously, training on systems will be given but must have own knowledge of job role.
• Computer literate. Must be a proficient user of Microsoft suite of packages including Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Analytical and numerically astute.
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks and achieve goals.
• Willingness to use the phone.
• Self-driven, focused, results and quality oriented.
• Team player, innovative with sound judgement and solutions driven.
• Effective communication both verbally and in written form.
• Must be able to multi-task - this can be a varied role, in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have an excellent eye for detail.
• Must have problem solving skills - Analysis, Evaluation, Communication, Decision - Making, Creativity.
Desirable:
• Experience of ERP/MRP systems.
• Experience of working in an office administrative role.
If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role then apply today!
Benefits:
• 25 days holiday
• sick pay
• free parking
• company pension scheme