Purchasing Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Didcot, United Kingdom SMS Environmental Ltd Full time

**SMS is one of the UK’s leading independent Water Hygiene specialists, driving the evolution of the Water Treatment field with innovation and best practice to ensure the safety of the people in the communities we serve.**

We have an exciting opportunity for an organised, flexible Purchasing Coordinator to join our Procurement Department on a full time, fixed term contract for 1 year. The role is key to the delivery and administration of our supplier-to-user chain, ensuring the SMS workforce is adequately provisioned while adhering to procurement guidelines and optimising supplier value opportunities. This role is based full time in Harwell Science Park, Didcot, supporting employees across the UK.

**Your role and responsibilities**:

- Building key relationships with UK wide stakeholders, answering, and administering approved purchases
- Comparing and analysing suppliers for value and financial benefits
- Challenging non-preferred supplier spend through MS Excel reporting
- Supporting with supplier reviews and analysis
- Supporting the management of new vehicle pipeline and vehicle delivery
- Fleet and Purchasing Metrics reporting through Google Docs
- Assessing and adding new suppliers to the supplier roster, and obtaining all relevant insurance paperwork
- Keeping the supplier insurance database up-to-date, and following up with suppliers at the point of insurance renewal
- Managing the mobile supplier account, which involves supporting queries, adding new lines, and managing the asset register

**Your Skills and Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Office co-ordination experience, utilising advanced MS Excel to create reporting
- Ability to build key stakeholder, supplier, and customer relationships
- Strong numerical skills, and ability to work with multiple costings / figures
- Strong team collaboration and communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
- Full UK Driving Licence

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience in supply chain services
- SME business experience
- Evidence of assertiveness with UK wide stakeholders and suppliers
- Applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK.

All roles at SMS require a DBS check; SMS Environmental will cover the cost of this if you do not already hold a valid DBS certificate.

**Why join us?**

SMS Environmental Ltd prides itself on its commitment to supporting our employees in their personal growth and wellbeing. We offer:

- Competitive salary
- 30 days holiday including bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Plan including a 24/7 free confidential helpline
- Employee discounts and cashback savings across hundreds of your favourite high street brands, online shopping, holidays, and days out
- Extra bonus holiday for birthday on completion of 2 years’ service
- Support to gain further training and qualifications

**Background on SMS**:
For more than 20 years, SMS Environmental has been one of the leading water hygiene service providers throughout the UK, ensuring the public are protected from infectious diseases that can be carried through water systems. We provide essential services to an array of domestic and commercial clients including water testing, risk assessments, air sampling and air conditioning maintenance.

Our extensive skills and expertise in infection control and systems management have given us a key opportunity to drive the design and standardisation of Water Treatment education and training used throughout the industry today. We work closely with City & Guilds, CIBSE (CPD) Accreditation Board and UKAS to create, review and enhance modern water hygiene training course contents, materials and assessments to ensure they are fit for purpose and set high standards for the whole sector to aspire to.

All SMS employees are trained to the highest standard using a range of in-house training and external learning programmes that are accredited by City & Guilds. SMS Environmental has been awarded the Investors in People accreditation since 2011 and we continue to invest in our employees by supporting individuals to achieve their next step within their career.

SMS Environmental employs over 170 people from water treatment engineers and plumbers to office staff across our 4 nationwide offices based in Harwell, Derby, Wales and Scotland.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £23,000.00-£24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Didcot: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you hold a valid UK driving licence?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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