Purchasing Officer

We are looking for a Purchasing Officer to join our team in our Head Office at Catherine House, Northminster Business Park York. As a Purchasing Officer you will be responsible for management of company car fleet, focus on improved purchasing practices – quality and spend. Support inventory management for consumables and support business travel bookings demands. Comparing market cost analysis across a range of products and services ensuring that the business is achieving market standard or better. Key Responsibilities for our Purchasing Officer   Work within the Purchasing Policy framework to meet business purchasing needs on indirect products and services through sourcing of required products, negotiating prices and completing purchase requisition process Raise Purchase orders, GRN POs and reconcile invoices in timely manner Effectively manage annualised Purchasing Spend up to £500k working within departmental budgets across our breadth of suppliers for Tail- Grade B Fleet Management – Managing the company car and van fleet including sourcing new vehicles, organising the collection and delivery of vehicles, pool car management, resolving fleet issues with company car users, monitoring milage, manage incident and accident damage issues via our insurers. Booking Services on all company cars Support the business needs in terms of processing 40% of domestic travel bookings- flights, trains, hotels, car hire etc Tracking orders and ensuring timely delivery Co-ordinating consumable requirements for new store openings Reconciliation of Monthly credit card Supporting the business in completion of Purchase Ledger Account forms About you Experience of working within a Purchasing role or alternatively within fleet administration CIPS qualification or working towards, beneficial though not essential Good commercial awareness and understanding of value for money Negotiation skills Positive can-do attitude Personable – strong interpersonal skills Highly organised with strong attention to detail Ability to manage time effectively by prioritising and re-prioritising as needed Good communicator (both verbal and written) with the ability to influence Strong Microsoft skills, including Excel to a proficient level Ability to work in a fast-paced environment Self-driven and ability to work as part of a team Benefits/Package for our Purchasing Officer: Salary: £25,000 - £27,500 per annum plus; Flexible working around core hours, as agreed by your line manager Annual discretionary bonus scheme Death in service Generous Staff Discount Holiday Entitlement (Increases with service) Company Contribution Pension Access to Retail TRUST (Wellbeing and Financial Support) Access to the Pavers Foundation: an employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme Access to Pavers Academy for learning and development opportunities About Us At Pavers we are passionate about providing comfort and happiness to our customers, and we make sure to employ people who are as passionate as we are. We always look for happy, confident, upbeat people, and we provide great jobs in a supportive family environment for them. We know that without our colleagues there is no business, and so the better we look after you, the better service you will provide our customers. Pavers is a growing, highly profitable, independent family-run business with a strong balance sheet, employing over 1,800 people across our estate of circa 200 Stores, Head Office and Distribution Centre, and we remain acquisitive. We were voted one of the Top 10 Employers in Retail in the UK in 2020 and were recognised as a 3* Employer with ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement by Best Companies in 2023 and 2024. At Pavers we truly believe the talents, passion, and dedication of our employees are the reasons for our success. As of 2023 we are working towards obtaining menopause friendly status. In 2021 we became the first major retailer to achieve Carbon Neutral status and have proudly maintained this standard ever since. Championing sustainability is at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re committed to changing the future of retail for the better acting in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Giving back is in our nature as a Business and in 2018 we established the Pavers Foundation, in the memory of our late founder, Catherine Paver. Since then, the Foundation has awarded grants for causes close to our colleagues’ hearts for; community, education, and areas of health, totalling more than £2m, growing year on year. If this sounds like the kind of business you’d like to know more about, we’d love to hear from you - please apply today for the role of Purchasing Officer