Administrator
Castle Donington, Leicestershire

About Us

Are you ready to embark on a career with a company that places both its employees and customers at the heart of everything they do? If you’re a motivated, customer-focused individual with a can-do attitude, we want to hear from you.

You’ll fit in well with us at Medstrom, where we have disrupted the market by providing proven and well-evidenced products and services to our busy customers, helping to make a real difference to both their workload and crucially their patients’ outcomes.

Established in 2010, Medstrom has grown substantially by being patient focused to become the organisation we are today, whilst maintaining an open culture and ethos. In 2022, Medstrom became an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), unlike any other company in the industry. This allows each employee to have a vested interest in the company, where we can all contribute to and share in the company’s success.

We are now looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking Administrator to join the Purchasing team based at our Head Office in Castle Donington.

The Benefits

- Starting salary of £23,809 per annum
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus potential
- 33 days’ holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
- Discounts and cashback on shopping, supermarkets, and holidays as part of our rewards scheme
- Free onsite gym for all head office employees
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work
- Receive a treat on your birthday
- Death in Service benefit available
- Be a part of an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) and the associated benefits of having a stake in the company

The Role:

As an Administrator in the Purchasing team, you will undertake a range of activities to support our supply chain and procurement work across the business.

Specifically, you will support purchase order processing, manage deliveries into the business and liaise with suppliers regarding order details and potential changes.

Duties will include:

- Liaising with internal teams relating to order requirements and delivery timescales
- Providing support on cost saving initiatives when applicable
- Managing and developing strong professional relationships with business suppliers
- Handling and resolving any order or price discrepancies
- Liaising with suppliers to obtain part numbers, pricing, and warranty
- Maintaining and updating supplier records
- Providing order cover/support to the team through holidays and sickness

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday - Friday approx. 8.30am - 5pm.

About You

To join us as an Administrator, you will need:

- Knowledge and experience of working within a purchasing environment is desirable, but not essential
- Experience of using computerised ordering tools is desirable
- Excellent customer service skills and experience of working in a fast paced environment
- The ability to work under own initiative and follow procedures to achieve deadlines
- The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in written form
- The ability to prioritise work effectively to meet demands
- Good PC skills including email and MS Office
- Experience of using Business Central would be preferred but not essential

In addition to the salary and related benefits, you will join a company that has grown extensively within the last five years and, through a unique ownership model, is continuing to grow, whilst offering great career opportunities for those who are keen to progress.

Medstrom is now an employee-owned business run through an employee ownership trust (EOT). The EOT sustains Medstrom’s independence and recognition of the fact that we are built upon the hard work and commitment of our employees and is unlike any other company in the industry. Medstrom leadership team said, "It gives us all great pleasure to give something back to our very committed colleagues, as they often go above and beyond their duty to ensure our customers are well looked after."

Webrecruit and Medstrom are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

Medstrom operates a zero-tolerance policy to any harassment, of any kind, towards our colleagues.

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