Procurement Administrator

Pickerings Lifts is a national, well established, privately owned, independent, leading lift specialist with 170 years’ experience. Through our exceptional and motivated people, we work as one team to deliver outstanding customer service, exceptional engineering and first-class workmanship.

Due to a retirement within the team, we require a Procurement Administrator to join our expanding team. The successful candidate responsible monitoring the purchasing queue for allocated regions’ orders, generating POs, generating product codes and dealing with queries in a timely manner.

Main Duties:

• To aid the Senior Procurement Administrator to:
• Monitor the requisition queue in our in-house software system (Plasma) to place orders for area offices as allocated by the Senior Procurement Administrator, prioritising any ‘Lifts Off’.
• Communicate effectively with area office teams and suppliers to ensure orders are placed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Escalate any issues immediately to the Senior Procurement Administrator.
• Support other team members in case of any temporary increases in workload.
• Support junior team members in their training and development.
• Monitor emails diligently to respond to queries in a timely manner.
• Monitor use of office supplies and place orders for sundries and stationery with approved suppliers.

Personal Specifications:

• Accurately and speedily enter data in our in-house computer system.
• Ability to quickly pick up new systems and processes.
• Commercial awareness and attention to detail.
• Time management and organization skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Pickerings Lifts is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively welcomes suitable qualified and experienced applications from individuals irrespective of sex, race, gender, age, national origin, religion, religious belief, sexual orientation, or disablement. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. A copy of our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Policy is available on request.

If you feel that you have the necessary skills to apply for this role, then we look forward to hearing from you.