Purchasing Officer

**Join Australia’s leading lighting retailer**:

- ** Full Time permanent role at our Support Centre located in Derrimut**:

- ** Great company culture and benefits with flexible working arrangements**

**About Beacon**

Established in Melbourne in 1967, Beacon Lighting is Australia’s leading specialist retailer of lights, ceiling fans and light globes, with over 120 stores nationwide. We’re driven by a passion to improve the homes and lives of our customers by always searching for and creating not only beautiful and exciting designs, but products that are innovative and gentle on the environment.

**The Role**

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Purchasing Officer to join the Purchasing Team at our Store Support Centre located in Derrimut.

The purpose of this position is to facilitate the accurate placement of orders and the timely delivery of product into the Distribution Centre’s. This involves data entry and maintenance across multiple data bases, along with follow up on the shipping of purchased product.

Key responsibilities include:

- Process paperwork associated with product orders including entering orders onto the system, reviewing pro-forma invoices, electronic filing, monitoring correspondence, and noting changes
- Constant and accurate update of reports and databases
- Analysis of stock movement and advise of anomalies
- Ongoing Monitoring of overseas and local orders and communicating with suppliers
- Liaise with Shipping agents to ensure optimum shipping times
- Monitor delivery of product into our DC’s and follow through where necessary
- Liaise with DC and SSC personnel and advise of due shipments
- Process invoices and documents as appropriate

**About You**

To be successful in the role:

- Previous experience in Purchasing is preferred but not essential
- Strong computer skills are essential: especially use of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
- Strong communication skills are essential: especially use of Microsoft Outlook
- Strong time management, can effectively manage and prioritize tasks appropriately
- High accuracy and attention to detail

**Benefits**

In return for your efforts, we offer an attractive salary package, generous product discounts and a great supportive team culture. This role also offers flexible working arrangements that enable significant time working from home. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within an ASX listed company that has been constantly evolving and striving for success for over 50 years.