Purchasing Support

1 week ago

Blackburn, Australia Lawrence & Hanson Full time

Join Australia's most recognised electrical wholesaler
- A great team environment with ongoing career support and training
- Located at our corporate office in Blackburn

**About us**
Lawrence & Hanson is Australia’s most recognised electrical wholesaler. Our heritage is strong. Since 1886 we have been supplying electrical products to customers across multiple market sectors, including residential, commercial and industrial. We have a national network of over 150 branches providing quality products, backed by expert advice, technical & logístical support, and e-commerce solutions. We are part of Sonepar, a family owned business and the global leaders in electrical wholesaling.

**The role**
The Purchasing Support role is a pivotal role in the Supply Chain Planning team, ensuring that we provide a high customer service level to our Branches and Branch customers.
The role will work closely with the Supply & Demand Planners and be the first point of contact for branches, communicating ETAs for non-stock / out of stock product.
The role requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, has strong customer service skills and is solutions oriented.

**What you would do**
- Confirm ETAs on purchase orders
- Perform back order follow up with suppliers
- Expedite urgent / drop ship orders upon instruction from the Supply / Demand Planners
- Correct any pricing errors / discontinued lines on purchase orders
- Work closely with the Operations Support team on inbound discrepancies, reverse logistics and supplier return processing
- Process supplier invoices including following up on variances, goods received without an invoice, quantity discrepancies, missing stock
- Maintain warehouse master data including stocked / non-stock and supplier card records
- Manage adhoc data requests from suppliers on behalf of the planning team eg product lead times, pack sizing etc
- Maintain special product pricing in ERP
- Work closely with master data, pricing and category management teams to ensure data accuracy
- Share your knowledge and experience with others within the team and across other functions/departments

**Is this for me?**
- Previous experience in logistics / supply chain support / purchasing role
- Industry and product knowledge desirable
- Sound system skills e.g. MS Office, ERP, Infor M3 desirable
- Detailed, systematic, organised
- Positive and solution oriented
- Ability to manage conflicting deadlines and time effectively
- Adaptive and energised in a changing environment

**What’s in it for you?**
- **Our heritage is strong
- **Lawrence & Hanson opened its doors in 1886 and we remain the most recognised electrical wholesaler in Australia
- **Development
- **we invest in our people with a range of programs including externally recognised training
- **A great place to work **- we have fun and work hard as a high performing team
- **Local meets global - **we are part of Sonepar, the world leader in B2B distribution of electrical products

**How to apply

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