Buying administrative controller - united kingdom, eastbourne, east sussex

are you a buying administrative controller looking for a new challenge?

gardners buying department are currently recruiting for a highly organised and motivated candidate who will assist the team as buying administrative controller.

we have an exciting vacancy to become a part of our buying department as a buying administrative controller. our buying administrative controllers are responsible for a variety of day-to-day tasks that aide the team and keep the systems moving smoothly. we are looking for highly organised and motivated candidate who will be responsible for assisting both our buyers, and our stock control team.

this position involves a range of administrative tasks. working with suppliers and other departments at all levels, the position will involve (but is not limited to):

stock management, including ordering and maintaining stock levels, and managing the returns processmaintaining publisher relationshipscreating and manipulating excel spreadsheetsday-to-day administration tasks in-line with company best practicethe buying team promotes a strong team culture, you will be working with various members of not only the team, but other departments, publishers and with colleagues at all levels. it is key you are able to work well as part of a team, but also to be able to work on projects alone.

this buying administrative controller role is temporarily remote but will revert to office based at a later date. the office is based in eastbourne. the hours for this position are from 9am - 5.30pm - monday-friday.

we would welcome applications from candidates with skills in the following areas: buying administrator, admin, administration, customer service, it literate, ms office, excel, word, data entry, reporting, data analysis, communication, telephony, office, analysis, buying administrative controller.

essential skillsstrong organisational skillsgood working knowledge of the microsoft suite, particularly ms excel and ms wordability to prioritise workload effectivelygood communication skills, both written and spokenability to work accurately and efficiently whilst under pressuregood communication skillsable to work under instruction and using their own initiativeabout companygardners is one of the world's largest wholesalers of british books, entertainment products and ebooks.

based primarily from our eastbourne premises, we are proud to be a family-run business with our staff at the very heart of what we do.

our departments and teams' combined effort ensures we offer a first-class service to our global customer base, combined with a fast delivery service.

at gardners, we recognise that our people are our strength, and the diverse talents they bring to our collaborative workforce are directly linked to our success. we are an equal opportunities employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion across all departments.

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