Procurement Assistant

In this role, you will be working with the Procurement department in both daily duties and projects, along with providing support to interdepartmental teams such as Sales, Logistics, Quality & Finance. Key tasks will include:

• Answering sales requisitions through checking information with suppliers; or information from interdepartmental teams
• Assisting category buyers to schedule stock replenishment
• Processing requisitions and orders through company's ERP system
• Checking supplier's sales contract (SC); and ensure all information on PO and SC is coherent
• Following up orders
• Providing regular status updates for delivery schedules
• Following sample requests and distributing these to relevant teams when arrived
• Monitoring stocks and reporting low levels of stocks
• Working with Quality team on product approvals, quality issues and customer complaints
• Coordinating with the Logistics team on shipping methods, lead times and stock allocation
• Liaising with the Finance team with regards to payments
• Updating various reports concerning demand, spend and inventory
  
  Good negotiation and research skills
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Exceptional customer service
• Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
Previous procurement experience is advantageous but is not essential as full training will be provided.

Here at Cambridge Commodities, we are a leading supplier of nutritional ingredients and product solutions to the sports nutrition, food & beverage, animal nutrition and health & wellbeing industries.

People are at the very core of our business, whether they are our employees, our customers, or the end consumer. Our people focused culture promotes a friendly environment where employees enjoy coming to work. Some other benefits of working for us include:
• State of the art facilities with electric car charging points,
• Personal development investment,
• L&D system (700+ courses),
• Free on-site gym,
• Free fruit, tea & coffee,
• Death in Service benefit (4 x salary),
• Wellbeing EAP App and hotline,
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme,
• Cycle to Work Scheme,
• Green Car Scheme,
• Cash back payment card,
• Paid Time off for Charity time and blood donations,
• Social Events, and more.
Protecting the environment and supporting sustainability is also hugely important to us and we are proud to be achieving zero waste to landfill with a highly energy efficient Head Office. If you think you would like to be a part of Cambridge Commodities, keep reading for more details on the role.