Sales and Purchasing Coordinator; finish

Sales and Purchasing Coordinator (finish at 12 on Fridays)

MK11

Full time

Permanent

Are you the person who keeps everything moving, knows exactly where every order is, and gets a small thrill from a purchase order that matches perfectly? Then this could be your job.

Universal Science has been making custom parts from high-tech materials for over 24 years, mostly for customers in electronics and electric vehicles. We've also built Materials Direct, an online platform where customers upload a drawing, get an instant price, and have their part made within 24 hours and shipped anywhere in the world. We're small enough that you'll know everyone and growing fast enough that there's always something new.

You'll look after orders from start to finish. That means handling customer enquiries and quotes, raising sales and purchase orders in Sage 50, buying materials from our suppliers at the right price, keeping an eye on stock, and booking UK and overseas shipments with our freight partners. You'll issue Certificates of Conformance too, and when a delivery goes sideways, you'll be the one who sorts it.

Some days are calm. Some aren't.

Around two years using Sage 50 Accounts Professional for quotes, sales orders and purchase orders. Experience buying materials and arranging deliveries, including imports and exports. You'll need to be confident in Outlook, Excel and Word, and to have the kind of brain that can juggle several things without dropping any. GCSE English and Maths, or equivalent.

It would be lovely, but not essential, if you've worked in engineering or manufacturing, can read an engineering drawing, or know your way around ISO 9001.

8am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 8am to 12pm on Friday, with a 30-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks a day.

From £35,000, plus a discretionary bonus when the company does well. You'll get 22 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with three days kept for the Christmas shutdown. Our pension puts in 1% more than the legal minimum, and you'll have real training and development. We offer a cycle to work scheme, free parking and free tea and coffee. Our Employee of the Year wins a trip abroad, which beats a box of Celebrations.