Total 2 Junior Executive level Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Thurso, Highland

Salary:

Competitive Salary + Bonus

So, who are we? We are William Wilson part of the Wolseley Group a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

As an OPERATIONS ASSISTANT based in THURSO, you’ll be responsible for:

Working on the trade counter dealing with customers face to face over the phone and via email.

General warehouse duties – picking/packing, goods in/goods out, loading and unloading stock.

Occasionally assisting with multi-drop deliveries of heavy items including radiators and boilers.

You will be working a 40-hour week Monday – Friday 08.00am – 5.00pm. Once you are fully trained you will also work every other Saturday 08.00am – 12.00pm.

And here’s what we’d like you to have:

Full UK Driving Licence.

Customer service experience is ideal.

Previous warehouse experience is desirable.



Also, did we mention? In addition to the Competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap – including annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.

We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

About us

William Wilson is a Scottish business with over 120 years of trading experience in supplying Plumbing, Heating and Bathroom supplies.

We are passionate about customer service and have a proven track record of providing best in class service to our customers.

We have more than 20 trading locations throughout Scotland, with an ambition to further increase our footprint in Scotland. Our desire to grow our business will further support the opportunity for sustainable and worthwhile careers for our colleagues.

William Wilson is part of Wolseley UK, the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first-choice specialist merchant for trade customers.

Advert Closing Date: - 03RD April 2024

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, communities, and industries, and are committed to having an organisation that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities, where everyone is treated with Fairness & Respect.

Our client is looking to appoint a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join their Finance Department in Inverness. The purpose of the role is to assist the team with invoices, queries, reconciliations, and payments and key responsibilities include:

Daily contact by telephone, email or in person, with other team members and work colleagues from other departments and branches.
Daily contact with suppliers by telephone and e-mail.
Process Vendor Credit Applications requests from different departments.
Print and ensure all invoices once printed are scanned.
Check /posting invoices with accuracy (with exclusion of expenditure invoices) for payment, including matching up invoices with our purchase orders and liaising with the relevant department(s) within the business.
Ensure all invoices are correctly calculated (including VAT) and sufficiently detailed and meet standard set out in purchase ledger procedures.
Check goods received with invoices on accrual.
Reconcile suppliers’ statements monthly.
Investigate internal and external queries.
Archiving of invoices.
Payment of proforma invoices and others.
Answer incoming calls.
Contribute to continuous improvement of procedures to improve efficiency of the function and the department through the development of relationships with own team members and other departments.
Adhere to quality processes and procedures.
Monitor own progress towards business and individual objectives.

Person Specification
Sound organisational and administrative skills, including managing time effectively.
The ability to deal confidently with people with clear and effective communication skills both verbally and in writing.
Good numeracy skills, IT literacy and experience of Microsoft packages.
Proactive, enthusiastic, self-motivated.
Ability to prioritise and multitask.
Responsible and reliable with a flexible attitude.
Previous accounting experience
Good customer service skills when dealing with customers and colleagues.
The ability to work with minimal supervision and make decisions relevant to the successful outcome and conclusion of the processes.
Ability to respond positively to new challenges and change.

Benefits
Accredited Living Wage Employer.
Monday to Friday working hours.
Employee discount.
Cycle to work scheme.
Discretionary annual bonus, based on company performance.
Extra holidays (after one year).

For more information please respond by email or contact Castle View Personnel on 01463 230 200.

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