Total 166 Junior Executive level Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in QLD - Regional - South West Qld

Your new company
Based on the outskirts of Strathaven, our client is recruiting for a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. The hours of work are Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5pm. Once training has been completed, hybrid working can be utilised, with 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week from home offered. Due to the location of the role, it is essential that candidates have access to their own transport.

Your new role
Reporting to the Manager, the Purchase Ledger Assistant will work as part of a team of 6 (& as part of a wider finance function) and undertake a range of responsibilities. Your duties will include, but will not be limited to; matching, batching and coding of invoices, reconciliations, liaising with suppliers & internal colleagues, data entry, inbox management, handling queries, setting up new supplier accounts and general associated finance administration. The IT system used is Navision.

What you'll need to succeed
Experience of purchase ledger is ideal. Training can be provided in areas in which you are less experienced. You will be a team player who can also work well from their own initiative. You must have excellent communicative ability as you will work with a range of suppliers, clients and colleagues on a daily basis and correspond with them via telephone, email and face to face.


What you'll get in return
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established and well-respected organisation in a role in which you can utilise your existing finance support experience whilst developing your skillset. The team and manager are supportive and the organisation offers an excellent benefits package.

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Purchasing Data Quality Support Assistant, Leeds

Working hours 9am till 5pm Monday to Friday
We will consider flexible working arrangements

Temporary contract - 3 months

Start Date - ASAP

We will consider flexible working arrangements
Overview of the Role
You will provide a professional administrative service supporting the data cleansing activities of the CPS Programme for the Purchasing work stream. Working with colleagues and suppliers, you will ensure that the master data is accurate, complete and consistent to enable a seamless migration to a new ERP solution. You will have a proactive approach to problem solving, helping to resolve purchasing and invoice queries and will work with the SAP purchasing system (P2P) and other in-house procurement systems entering information and generating reports. You will be self-motivated and resourceful with excellent communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of people and as part of a team. You will have strong numeracy and literacy and IT skills and be willing to undertake any training required that is relevant to your role.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Experience of working in an office/administrative environment;
* Excellent attention to detail;
* The ability to work to tight deadlines;
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to resolve complex queries;
* Evidence of high level of proficiency with IT, particularly in the use of Microsoft based applications;
* Evidence of effective time-management and organisational skills;
* Excellent communication skills with an ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels;
* Evidence of self-motivation and resourcefulness whilst maintaining an ability to work as part of a team;
* Experience of dealing with confidential information.

Additional Experience
* Previous experience with SAP P2P systems or equivalent ERP solutions;
* Experience of public sector administrative procedures;
* Familiarity of working within a procurement environment and with relevant
procurement/finance terminology and processes.

What does the role entail?
* Resolving blocked invoice queries using SAP MRBR and ZMIR5 reporting
* Generating standard SAP reports and extracting master data
* Assisting with the correction of vendor records
* Liaising with suppliers to obtain company information to ensure the
completeness of vendor records
* Supporting the closure of completed purchase orders and identifying any
remediation required to maintain the GR/IR account
* Ensuring open purchase requisitions are approved or closed as required to maintain data quality
* Building up a network of staff contacts, liaising to discuss mutual problems and working to devise solutions which may be adopted as best practise
* Maintaining records and files to an auditable standard

Qualifications and Skills
Essential:
* Knowledge of SAP ERP System;
* Familiarity with working in a small team managing purchasing issues &
questions, working on your own initiative, good communicator and have the
ability to network across the organisation both internally and with external
suppliers;
* Accuracy of data entry into an ERP System;
* Ability to rectify master data corrections in a timely manner with an audit trail embedded;
* Good IT Skills and use of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, teams, MS
Office);
* Ability to maintain good working relationships both internally and externally;
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to resolve complex queries;
* A willingness to undertake required training courses: procurement-related SAP training is mandatory.

Desirable:
* Good understanding of Purchase to Pay Cycle;
* Understand of the Operational transaction within purchasing;