Overview:
Would you like to help enrich the lives of learners around the world?
At RM, we’ve been pioneers of education technology since 1973. We provide technology and resources to the education sector, supporting over 10 million students worldwide. We work with over28,000 schools, nurseries, and education trusts in 115 countries to deliver customer-centric solutions that improve education outcomes.
What we do helps learners at all stages of their lives, from preschool to higher education and professional qualification; we partner with schools, examination boards, central governments and other professional institutions to enrich the lives of learners.
RM Group operates through three businesses: Technology (Managed Services, Software and Infrastructure for Schools), Assessment (Software and Services) and TTS (Educational Resources).
Visit us here to find out more: www.rm.com
Responsibilities:
The Buying Assistant will be targeted on their ability to aid in the achievement of the team’s key targets, alongside having their own individual objectives to ensure we are delivering exceptional service to our customers. They are responsible for supporting in all aspects of the Vendor Management category functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate closely with suppliers and internal colleagues.
• Excellent administrative experience.
• Knowledge and experience of operational processes and understanding of buying and supply chain techniques would be an advantage.
• Experienced in the use of all Microsoft office applications including Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Capable of managing conflicting priorities and able to organise workload as required.
• A completer finisher who is self-motivated and has excellent people skills.
• The ability to deal with large volumes of data and queries in a timely manner.
• Experience of collaborating with suppliers both in the UK and globally would be advantageous.
  Excellent communication skills, written, verbal, grammar and punctuation
  Excellent listening skills
  Excellent attention to detail

SKILLS REQUIRED

Ability to demonstrate empathy and emotional intelligence
Strong work ethic, self-motivated and proactive
Ability to remain calm under pressure
Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise with excellent time management skills
Ability to be adaptable, flexible, agile, resourceful and multitask

• To provide administration support to the Vendor Management Team.
• To support the Vendor Management function in collating all relevant information and preparing documentation for New Product on-boarding and product resourcing.
• Liaise with internal teams and our suppliers on any customer-focused, quality, delivery or invoice queries, supporting the team’s objective to reduce the volume of these queries.
• To take responsibility for and action any identified data or information changes for item maintenance and product database support within the ERP system including price, minimum order quantities, supplier product codes, Country of Origin and carton quantities.
• Support the team with maintaining supplier relationships.
• Running, maintaining and distribution of relevant category and management reports.
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