office administrator Peterborough, England
Job description
Office Administrator (New Product Development or Formulation Assistant)
Description
Vita Manufacture is a leading supplement manufacturer in UK that offers consistent and cutting-edge product development and manufacturing services for food supplement and medical device industries.
We take pride in providing supplements of the highest calibre and effective supply chain management, ensuring prompt delivery to customers. We carefully comply to the ISO 22000:2018 standard, which ensures that our supplements are secure and of the highest calibre. Hence, we are one of the leading supplement manufacturers in the UK.
Are you looking for a challenge, variety, and an opportunity to learn and develop? Do you possess good communication and organisational skills? Do you have the ability to work as part of a team using your initiative to meet your teams targets and objectives, form positive working relationships with staff and external contacts and the ability to multi-task? If so, working for our company as Office Administrator (Buyer/Purchase Assistant) could be for you. An experienced permanent Office Administrator (Buyer/Purchase Assistant) is needed to supervise daily support operations of our company and plan the most efficient administrative procedures.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide essential support to the buying team to ensure the function runs smoothly.
- Day to day administrative support. You will actively support the buying team, sending emails, taking phone calls, responding to store communication and supplier queries.
- Build excellent working relationship with the Merchandising Admin Assist and help manage inter team communications.
- Chase up samples from factories and suppliers and manage the critical path.
- Manage samples and build a sample library.
- Respond to supplier calls and store queries.
- Keep and maintain all suppliers and factories information.
- Creating and updating product information on ERP systems.
- Liaise with online team to support with product information, images, artwork and copy.
- Attend supplier meetings and trade shows with buyer, where possible
- Day to day data entry and maintenance in the buying systems
- To adapt to the needs of the buying team and respond to ad hoc requests relevant to the role.
- Create Purchase Orders in ERP system and send to supplier.
- Follow up on Purchase Orders.
- Booking appointments and arrangements of meetings with suppliers and staff.
- Ensure operations adhere to policies and regulations.
- Keep abreast with all organisational changes and business developments.
- Other miscellaneous tasks to support the Director and the team.
Experience/Knowledge/Skills
- Previous Administrative skill is beneficial but not essential.
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Power Point and Excel.
- Proficient in using web-based applications.
- Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Highly efficient, conscientious and methodical individual with a strong eye for detail.
- Positive, forward-thinking, team player who can work independently without significant supervision.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and decisiveness.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Smart, presentable appearance.
Job Type: Part-time, Permanent
If interested, please apply with your up-to-date CV for immediate consideration.
Send CV to [email protected]
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Graduate
Part-time hours: 20 per week
Salary: £10.00-£13.26 per hour
Benefits:
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Loyalty bonus
- Performance bonus
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Peterborough, PE7 3WL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- A-Level or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
- English (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: JD-BT-0041
