Trainee Purchasing Officer

**_HQ Trainee Purchasing Officer - Full Time_**

Are you looking for a company that can offer you a career pathway?

glamaCo is always looking for like-minded, innovative talent to join our team. If you are truly exceptional at what you do and have a passion for ongoing development, then we would love to hear from you.

**_About the role_**

This is a HQ role and is not located in the store.

As Trainee Purchasing Officer, you will be a multi-tasker and team player, with exceptional communication and organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines without compromising the quality and accuracy of the work you produce.
- You will be primarily responsible for:_
- Preparing and processing purchase orders to ensure that suppliers have the available inventory readily available.
- Providing recommendations for restocking inventory as needed and making sure customer orders are filled properly.
- Analysing and resolving any inventory issues that may arise whilst comparing actual stock. inventory against the digital inventory records. This is to ensure a wide variety of inventory attributes, pricing and promotions are always up to date.
- Providing general inventory data entry using appropriate quality control methods to update inventory, pricing and promotions.
- Contributing to the accounts team on occasions to ensure that any credit-based enquiries are resolved.
- Investigating purchase order and inventory discrepancies with stores and suppliers.
- Liaising with our suppliers to confirm delivery dates.
- Processing stock transfers between stores.

Whilst ensuring all information is as accurate as possible, you will report directly to the Accounts Manager and interact with HQ and store teams as well as suppliers daily.

This is an entry-level role and you will be provided with full training to kick start your career.

You must be able to work as part of our consolidated team and have the ability to work under pressure in a high paced, demanding environment.

Every step in this role must be in accordance with company policies and glamaCo's high standards.
- The regular hours for this role are:_
- Monday 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
- Tuesday to Friday 7:30 am to 3:30 pm

The roster may include some extended hours during peak trading and promotional periods, as such, you will be paid in accordance with the relevant award provisions.

This role operates in a fast-paced environment and can be physically demanding at times.

**_Benefits_**
- Great culture & work environment
- Generous staff discount
- Further career advancement opportunities

**_About you_**

Above all, glamaCo places a high priority on ownership, any issue must be owned to be resolved. Furthermore, resilience is a key asset, in order to grow there will be challenges, so we need team players who rise to the occasion and don't lose sight of the goals.

Attitude is essential for our hiring decisions We look for motivated, hard-working and adaptable applicants with a ‘can-do' positive attitude. Technology is your friend and essential to supporting the customer experience, “it's not my job” and “I don't know” are not in your vocabulary.

Even though this role is HQ based, glamaCo considers all business roles customer-focussed roles, after all the efficiency of the business and presentation is a representation of glamaCo and is critical to the success of the whole team.

You will need clear and precise communication, and have a great relatable personality, resilience and most importantly a wow factor to succeed.

Team members come from a variety of industries, careers and educational backgrounds. It helps if you have had prior experience in customer service and/or high-volume retail and it's an extra bonus if you have prior experience elsewhere in the hair, beauty and health industry. You could even be a current customer of glamaCo.

**_Ideally, you will have:_**
- Prior hair and beauty or pharmacy industry experience
- Strong presentation standards,
- Strong customer and supplier relationship focus,
- Strong mathematical skills,
- Strong spreadsheet and data analysis skills,
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills,
- Computer skills including the use of inventory systems and Google Workspace,
- Ability and desire to learn quickly,
- Ability to adapt to changes quickly (time-sensitive requirements for example),
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely,
- Accurately organise, prioritise and multitask to meet deadlines,
- Be a self-motivated, proactive and effective team player,
- Able to work independently and autonomously,
- Accurately organise, prioritise and multitask to meet deadlines,
- Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and accuracy,
- A willingness to learn and take instruction
- A background in retail purchasing would be advantageous but is not a prerequisite
- Great school, academic or sporting results.

glamaCo will work with the right applicant to mentor and provide further education to fill any skill gaps, howev