Element has the opportunity for a Purchasing Administrator to join our Lab Solutions division which sells chromatography supplies to customers across the UK and Ireland. This is an office based, full time permanent role.

Based at our Strathaven site, you will be responsible for placing purchase orders, signing off delivery notes and liaising closely with our suppliers over delivery information. You will report to the Purchasing Team Leader and work closely with members of the Supply Chain, Warehouse, Sales Admin and Customer Services teams, providing support as required.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiast and energetic individual to join our Purchasing team and develop administration skills using our in-house packages including SAGE200 and DocuWare. We are committed to continuous improvement of our processes and people. In this role you will be provided with the opportunity to exchange ideas with peers, widen your skill-set and progress your career.

• Processing Supplier Purchase orders accurately within set time frames
• Liaise with the Warehouse Operatives to ensure the delivery note information is correct
• Booking in of goods received
• Review purchase order confirmations; query anomalies with suppliers, amending purchase orders as required
• File purchase order confirmations to cloud based document management system.
• Assist in inventory audits
• Arranging and completing inventory transfers between Warehouse depots including any relevant paperwork to support the transaction
• Communicate promptly and clearly all relevant information to the Sales Administration team to ensure the smooth completion of customer orders
• Manage Supplier back orders, with a focus on key accounts
• Liaise with freight forwarders over the collection of all international imports.
• Assist in the building and completion of supplier price lists
• Assist in the gathering and organizing of data using Microsoft Excel, to be used in predictive and statistical analysis

• Competent user of Microsoft Office Suite., with a focus on Microsoft Excel to beginner / intermediate standard
• Able to execute Excel basic formulas such as SUM, AVERAGE, VLOOKUP, basic Pivot Tables etc
• Previous experience of SAGE 200 preferred but not essential
• Excellent communication skills with a customer focused attitude
• Highly motivated and well organised with a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise workload possessing the ability to work under pressure on your own initiative
• Good problem solver
  
  

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Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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