Apprentice - Accounts Payable Clerk
HAYS TRAVEL LIMITED
Location
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | United Kingdom
Job description
What you will do in your working day
Earn while you learn with our award winning training team
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Purchasing Department in our Head Office based in Sunderland for an Apprentice Purchasing Clerk.
The role will consist of processing and paying of supplier invoices and ledger management, mainly focusing on rent and utility suppliers.
Key Responsibilities
- Follow the Supply Chain Set Up Process to ensure company procedures are adhered to when setting up and approving new suppliers
- Ensure correct bank account details are recorded on Vendor record cards
- Recording of supplier contracts to company systems
- Reading and responding in a timely manner to emails from external suppliers as well as our retail and head office colleagues
- Answering internal and external phone calls, confidently dealing with any issues/queries that may arise
- Provide support for staff with their ordering needs, which includes but is not limited to stationery, uniform, cleaning items.
- Monitor requests for and order printed stationery for retail, including business cards, name badges and bank books.
- Assist branches with scheduled services such as cash and refuse collections, and escalate queries to the appropriate body.
- Raise Purchase Order numbers
- Setting up retail staff on uniform supplier website
- Continuously deliver the highest level of satisfaction and customer service to both internal and external contacts
- Ensure payments for goods are keyed on time to Finance system
Competencies Required
- Excellent numeric and problem solving skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
- Strong attention to detail
- Confident communicator with the ability to build strong inter-departmental relationships
- The ability to organise and manage work load to meet strict deadlines and department KPI’s
- Positive and enthusiastic approach
- Work independently or as part of a team in a busy, active environment
Technical Skills Required
- Basic knowledge of computer systems i.e. Microsoft Word and Excel with the ability to utilise its key functionalities
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills
- File management skills
- Web Navigation Skills
The training you will be getting
Our in-house experienced learning and development coaches are on hand to give you expert advice, one-to-one support and award-winning training throughout your apprenticeship. Many of our team leaders and managers started their careers as apprentices - so there’ll always be someone there to offer you help and guidance on the job.
- You will work towards a Level 2 Customer Service Apprenticeship, including Functional Skills in English and maths if required
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
- We pride ourselves on our training and progression opportunities and many of our current managers started with us as an apprentice
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Salary
£12.53k per annum
