Purchasing Support Administrator

Job Purpose Summary

This role will support the Purchasing Operations Team by undertaking various Administrative Tasks, within the Purchasing Process, to help maintain inventory levels.

Role Responsibilities

• Raise Purchase orders in SAP when prompted by Product Managers and Demand Planners
• Place purchase orders on Vendors following their specific purchasing procedure and ensuring all relevant information is included
• Ensure financial charges associated with shipments across various regions are included on the PO and calculated correctly, such as duty and freight
• Ensure all Purchase Orders have the necessary signoff prior to PO release
• Process product master data changes in the system for category’s, status, minimum order quantities
• Processing of Vendor price changes where necessary on all Open Purchase Orders
• Respond to queries on the Purchasing Mailbox in Teamwork Desk dealing with Vendor & Sales within agreed SLA’s
• Respond to disputes with vendors over pricing issues, delivery SLA’s etc
• Contact vendors and expedite deliveries
• Update purchase order delivery dates and acknowledgements in SAP
• Maintain open communications and pro-active links with all sales locations
• Processing of the Stock Transfers
• Creation of STO orders

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