Procurement Assistant (Administrator)

Procurement Assistant (Administrator, Administration) BLUP18006
Location Openshaw
Salary: £26,000per year.74 – £26,000 per year

As one of the largest and most successful further education colleges in Europe, our client provides education and training to a wide range of learners and clients across the City of Manchester and beyond. The mission of the college is to deliver a high quality, inclusive and comprehensive curriculum, in an accessible and flexible way.

Based at many sites across the city: from Moston and Harpurhey in the North to Wythenshawe and West Didsbury in the South, as well as several locations in the city centre. Each site has its own specialist, cutting edge facilities and resources within a friendly and supportive atmosphere.

An opportunity has arisen for a Full Time Procurement Administrator to join the college to provide and promote a collaborative, client focused, quality and result oriented approach for Procurement across all Divisions of the College, along with strong administrative and system skills to support the Finance Department, in line with College processes and procedures.

Providing effective procurement administration support as directed by the supervisor, you will assistance with the preparation of Requests for Quotation, Initiations to Mini Framework ITQ Requests for Tenders Proposals and co-ordination of their timely dispatch by Framework Portals, Procurement Portals,& Email lists, liaising with appropriate team members or managers to ensure that a timely response is provided.

Flexible, Pragmatic and Responsive, you will have previous procurement experience, coupled with experience of administration within a busy office environment and of maintaining accurate electronic and paper-based data recording systems.

With good organisation and time management skills, you will possess good literacy and numeracy skills and have the ability to prioritise your own workload. Proficient in finance IT systems & Microsoft Office (Word & Excel) you must hold or be willing to work towards a relevant finance qualification.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

All applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to meet the Key Responsibilities, Key Result Areas and Qualifications/Skills/Experience detailed within the role profile for shortlisting purposes.

Please note that we will request a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check for the successful candidate for this post.

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.