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Purchasing Assistant - Hayes

Employer
Sofa.com
Location
Hayes, Greater London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
3 Jun 2022

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Sector
Retailer
Job Type
Full Time
Purchasing Assistant - Hayes

Company Description

Frasers Group are currently looking for a Financial/Management Accountant to join our Sofa.com team. Sofa.com is an upholstered furniture retailer with 7 showrooms across the UK, 16 House of Fraser concession stores and a strong digital presence. We're an expanding business with continued growth plans. Our Head Office is situated in the heart of London's interior design capital above our Chelsea Showroom. We're currently looking for a Financial/Management Accountant to come and join our small and busy finance team.


Job Description

We are looking for a talented, driven and versatile individual who relishes working collaboratively to deliver exceptional customer service to join our purchasing team who oversee the COM Department.

As a member of our purchasing team you will be supporting the Purchasing Manager across a number of important operations that lead to production of bespoke, made-to-order furniture for private customers and interior designers.

You will be an active, highly organized team player with the ability to produce top quality work and hit the deadlines. You will play a critical part in delivering excellent service to our customers by providing timely and accurate data to our customer service teams. You will maintain essential, day to day cooperation with the fabric suppliers to get up to date information and process sales quotations and orders alongside building strong relationships with these key third party stakeholders. You will also support in ensuring the department is operating efficiently and cost-effectively.

  • Preparing sales quotations for the sales teams
  • Ensuring fabrics' compliance with the UK Fire Safety regulations
  • Processing and reviewing orders to ensure OTD (on time delivery)
  • Communicating potential delays of fabrics to the sales teams and finding closest alternatives upon request
  • Cooperating with Sofa.com factory staff regarding bespoke and customized quotations and orders
  • Preparing rolls of fabrics and documents for transportation, palletizing fabrics and organizing for shipments to the factory
  • Liaising between fabric suppliers, Sofa.com factory staff and Delivery Department to meet the deadlines
  • Updating Purchase Orders for the factory
  • Keeping documents relevant for the Department functioning up to date
  • Processing payments, checking invoices and credit notes
  • Assisting the Purchasing Manager in ensuring all Department's tasks are completed in a timely fashion.
  • Comply with the appropriate statutory regulations and department requirements relating to health, safety, welfare and working conditions, to promote a better working environment.

Qualifications

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to tailor approach to each individual
  • Have strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks
  • Be fully computer literate with experience using Office software
  • Be fluent in English and have an excellent standard of written and spoken communication
  • Be enthusiastic, dedicated with a positive attitude and interpersonal skills
  • Good numeracy and data skills with strong attention to detail
  • Hard working, eager to learn and take on responsibilities


Additional Information

An opportunity like this at Frasers Group is for the fearless. The potential is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

  • Think without limits and take the team with you
  • Own it and back it
  • Not hesitate and act with purpose
  • Be commercial and customer-focused.

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