Connect Appointments have a fantastic opportunity for a driven Sales & Purchasing Assistant to join our clients’ Manchester team.

Our client specialises in the trade and resale of IT components, including memory RAM, HDDs, SSDs, laptops, desktops, and servers.

What’s on offer?

• Full-time permanent role
• Monday to Friday – 37.50 hours per week
• £12.21 to £12.32 per hour

Working as a Sales & Purchasing Assistant, your duties will include but not limited to:

• Cold calling companies daily to source IT equipment for resale – this is a primary focus
• Negotiating pricing and purchasing IT hardware, including RAM, SSDs, HDDs, CPUs, and laptops
• Identifying and building relationships with new and existing suppliers and customers
• Researching market trends and identifying profitable purchasing opportunities
• Processing and managing purchase orders, invoices, and stock records
• Collaborating with the sales team to ensure stock availability aligns with customer demand
• Assisting in pricing strategies and sales negotiations
• Keeping up to date with industry developments and competitor pricing

To be successful in this Sales & Purchasing Assistant role, you will have a background in sales and purchasing, ideally within the IT industry (IT components, laptops, desktops, servers, etc.). Combined with two years B2B sales is advantageous.

Other key skills, traits and experience include:

• Comfortable making cold calls every day and confident in handling objections
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships
• A proactive, results-driven attitude with a keen eye for profitable deals
• Familiarity with inventory management systems (experience with Linnworks is a plus)
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• Computer hardware experience – 1 year experience (required)
• Purchasing experience – 1 year experience (preferred)
• Xero – 1 year experience (preferred)
• Zendesk – 1 year experience (preferred)

Do you meet the above requirements? If so, we’d love to speak with you. Apply now by submitting your most up to date CV, or by calling our consultants on 0191 500 0028.

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