CG0093SALEPurchasing Assistant

£20K • Full time • Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

The main areas of involvement will be:

Working directly under 2 Account Managers to provide support on 3 key accounts
Reacting to client briefs to source products and quoting prices to win orders
Liaising with clients on a regular basis via telephone/email.
Liasing with our agents in China on a regular basis for enquiries / orders
Communicating with factories to assist the team when problems / issues arise.
Placing purchase orders with suppliers, preparing forms to accompany purchase orders.
Ensuring that outgoing samples are correctly labeled with sample tags.
Learning safety testing procedures to ensure that pre-production samples comply with safety regulations.
Helping to find new products and factories through trade catalogues and the internet.
Assisting production department on orders where needed.
Helping to keep up to date in retail fashion trends, to help identify new trends in markets.
Assisting the team in answering the telephone and message taking, when required.
Keeping a record of all documentation between ourselves, the factory and the client so that all legal paperwork is accounted for.
Instructing factories when pre-production samples have been approved and tested to ensure they manufacture to the standards and timeframe we require.
Requesting production samples and ensuring that samples are sent and received.
Ensure that shipments are made by the factory and goods arrive to deadlines., when required.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to : jobs@ChineseGraduate.com, ref no. CG0093SALE.

Ability to multi-task (deal with more than one client at a time).

Good attention to detail.

Fast learner.

Has the aptitude to absorb a lot of information and apply it quickly and effectively.

Some experience of dealing with Far East suppliers and/or UK clients will be an advantage.

Fluent in English and Chinese speaking. Good written English.

This job was created on 04/07/2011.