Watts Farms Catering are looking for a Procurement Administration Assistant to join their team on a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.

Based in Dartford, the successful candidate will assist the Procurement Team with invoice checking against Purchase Orders, review monthly reports which detail supplier spending and complete other Purchasing related administration.

Watts Farms is a third-generation family run business which covers 9 sites in Kent, Essex and Bedfordshire spanning 750 hectares. Watts Farms Catering supplies over 600 high end restaurants and hotels in London and Home Counties on a daily basis, employing nearly 350 people. We sell around 3,000 product lines including fresh produce of which a number are grown on our own farms.

Some of the key responsibilities include:
• Ensure invoices are matched with relevant purchase orders for Procurement to authorise.
• Prioritise invoices which require a 24-hour turnaround and ensure they are dealt with urgently.
• Liaise with suppliers regarding invoice queries in a professional and polite manner.
• Record unresolved queries to ensure they are followed up.
• Check our internal system on a daily basis for any products which have not been priced and chase the relevant team for required information.
• Complete monthly comparison from our internal system to Sage purchases and investigate any differences.
• Purchase goods from suppliers as instructed by the Procurement Team Leader.
• Any such other task as may be required by the Management team.

What are we looking for?
• You must have some previous administration experience.
• A minimum of 5 GCSE’s A-C including Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Highly numerate.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build good working relationships.
• Ability to determine priorities and be organised with good attention to detail.
• IT literate with basic level Excel skills.
• Proactive with good problem-solving skills.
• Flexible and adaptable in approach to work with the ability to multi-task.
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Hours

8am – 4.30pm, Monday – Friday

What can we offer you?

• Training and development opportunities.
• Pension auto-enrolment
• 31 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays.