Purchasing Coordinator

Location: Liverpool

Salary: £20k-£30k

A large property development company are looking for a Purchasing Coordinator to join their Head Office in Liverpool City Centre. The Purchasing Coordinator will work as part of our busy Property Management team and support with the procurement of a high volume of goods and services for our multiple sites UK wide.

Purchasing Coordinator- Responsibilities would include:

• Receiving orders from multiple sites around the UK.
• Process bulk orders and batching separate orders where necessary.
• Monitor the delivery of goods and services.
• Ensure that orders are in line with budget allocation.
• Review payments to suppliers.
• Review and report on existing supplier performance with benchmarking.
• Sourcing new suppliers.
• Setting up new supplier accounts.
• Forming close working relationships with suppliers.
• Maintain and monitor stock levels.
• Monitor re-stock charges.
• Price analysis and negotiation.
• Assist with the procurement of service contracts.

Purchasing Coordinator – Person Requirements:

The ideal candidate must come from the procurement industry in a role. You will also have the following skills, qualifications, and experience:

• Experience in a procurement role
• Experience handling a high volume of orders.
• Excellent supplier management skills
• Strong negotiation experience
• Experience working to budgets and monitoring spend.
• Background within a Facilities Management environment is preferable but not essential.
• Previous experience using an online corporate ordering and management system.
• Ability to handle a high-volume workload.