Micheldever Tyres is looking for a proactive Purchasing Assistant to provide support to our buyers, helping them to effectively manage tyre brands within the Micheldever portfolio and help maintain strong supplier relationships. This vital administrative and operational support role reports into the Buyer or Senior Buyer, ensuring that supplier records, purchase orders, and stock data is maintained accurately, helping the department to run efficiently. Working closely with Buyers, you will assist in supplier communications, monitoring deliveries, and supporting the smooth running of the procurement process.
* Location: Micheldever, near Winchester
* Must have: Experience of accurate data entry and record-keeping
* Salary: £25-£27K
* Benefits: Staff discounts on servicing, tyres and MOTs. Retail vouchers, Finder's fee, Life Insurance, Pension, Eye Care Vouchers, Buy/Sell Holiday, Flu Jab, Employee Assistant Program. Long Service Recognition, Enhance Maternity and Paternity, Cycle to Work, Charity Match.
About the role:
* Provide vital administrative and operational support to the purchasing team
* Work closely with Buyers, assisting in supplier communications, monitoring deliveries, and supporting the smooth running of the procurement process.
* Ensure supplier records, purchase orders, and stock data are maintained accurately, helping the department run efficiently
* Raise and track purchase orders accurately and on time.
* Monitor stock deliveries and follow up with suppliers on outstanding orders.
* Support buyers with data entry, reporting, and analysis tasks.
* Contribute to maintaining a safe, organised, and compliant work environment.
* Support buyers to effectively manage tyre brands within the Micheldever portfolio and help to maintain strong supplier relationships
About you:
* Experience in an administrative, clerical, or similar purchase support role
* Experience of accurate data entry and record-keeping ability.
* Demonstrate ability to manage multiple tasks with attention to detail
* Good communication and interpersonal skills
* Proficient in MS Excel and other MS Office applications.
* Strong organisational and time-management skills.
About our company:
Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS) was founded in 1972 as a part-time venture providing car servicing and tyres. Today, Micheldever Group is the fastest growing wholesaler, distributor and retailer of tyres in the UK, selling six million tyres nationwide, (20 percent of the total UK market) and employing approximately 2100 employees - company wide.
To support this business, we have built a wholesale distribution network of 14 sites around the UK supplying over 6,000 retailers and our own retail chain Protyre which is consistently growing. This is achieved by skilled, focused and determined teams across 1 central distribution and 13 warehouse operations nationwide.
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Bereavement leave
* Company events
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Enhanced maternity leave
* Enhanced paternity leave
* Free flu jabs
Application question(s):
* Are you experienced as a purchase assistant?
* Are confident in data entry and record keeping?
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Location:
* Winchester SO21 3BZ (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 17254