Procurement Assistant

Salary: £27,600 per year

Operational Procurement Assistant

V-Recruit are currently recruiting 1 x Operational Procurement Assistant, to be based in the Rotherham area, on behalf of an industry leading Industrial & Construction company.

This role is a permanent, full-time position, starting as soon as possible.

Duties to include:

• To support the Operational Procurement Manager in the delivery of the procurement service to stakeholders by assisting with sourcing and negotiation with third parties for the fulfilment of orders.
• Process approximately purchase orders accurately, per month, ensuring they are in line with category management instructions, ensuring compliance with internal procedures whilst communicating and providing governance to the business
• Working with technical authorities and site teams to champion a specialism to add value to the procurement process and operational workstreams by engagement and regular site visits
• Engaging in vendor relationship management to capture value offered by strategic suppliers whilst creating collaborative relationships to realise new value, identify innovations, maximise payment terms and reduce supply risk
• Processing all purchases within 3 days of approval and managing order queries ensuring they’re all resolved within a maximum of 10 days.

Job Specifics

• This is a fulltime role, working on average 8 hours per day – flexibility with start and finish times – 8am-4pm/9am-5pm
• Monday to Friday working week
• This company offer the opportunity of flexible working, with the option to work from home 12 days per week, if preferred. There is also the option to work compressed hours, with an early finish opportunity one day per day.
• Approx £27,600 per annum
• The chosen candidate will have the opportunity to complete CIPS Professional Qualifications

The candidate

The chosen candidate will be a confident communicator, who is highly motivated and driven to achieve results. We are looking for someone who has experience, ideally, in a busy procurement team and is looking to progress a career in procurement.

experience is not essential, but would be advantageous, as we are looking for a candidate who can understand 3rd part quotations and maximise savings opportunities.

The chosen candidate must have experience in working to challenging deadlines and timescales, be self-motivated and able to multi-task and prioritise workload effectively.

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