Category Assistant

6 months ago

Derby, United Kingdom East Midlands Railway Full time

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,400 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful, and our Procurement Team make a crucial contribution to this. Eight times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at #TeamEMR as a Category Assistant.
- Manage and conduct low risk tender or quotation activity for goods, services, and one-off purchases
- Support Category Managers with activities arising from the tendering cycle, from the creation of invitations to tender packages, evaluation criteria and evaluation of responses, development of contracts and post contract activity in line with the EMR Procurement Policy and Utilities Contract Regulations 2016
- Provide support for Category Managers in the administration of tender exercises to ensure compliance and a clear audit trial
- Establish and maintain relationships and work closely with key internal stakeholders such as budget holders, service and product users to provide a responsive and professional procurement service and to promote good procurement practices;
- Creation of PO’s through the Financial system to provide compliance to policies and procedures
- Create and maintain auditable and transparent records and reports to meet internal and external management information and compliance requirements.
- Process new supplier requests received from colleagues within EMR ensuring the Procurement Policy is adhered to and existing contracts are utilized.
- Management and Governance of the contracts database to ensure that contracts remain valid, and any contractual breaches are identified and resolved.

Skills and Knowledge Required
- A level qualified or equivalent experience
- Studying or willing to study towards Professional Diploma Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)
- Experience of working within a Procurement Environment
- Working to multiple deadlines often under time constraints without compromising quality
- Team player with the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders internally and externally to the business. Adaptable to business change.
- Experience on delivering high quality customer service
- Experience of working with a governance framework as well as good level of knowledge in ICT systems, including e-procurement systems and Microsoft suite
- Confidence with willingness to challenge and be challenged
- Ability to complete a procurement process from start to finish with some support
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, e.g. ability to communicate at all levels in the organisation
- Has a flexible attitude and willing to embrace new challenges

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

- A great pension scheme
- Free First Class duty travel on the EMR network
- Free Standard Class leisure travel on the EMR network
- Friends and Family discounted tickets on the EMR network
- 75% discount on national leisure travel (inc partner and dependants)
- Flexible working hours
- 32 days holiday per year

and many more

EMR has a hybrid working policy which is applicable for this role. This means the role can be based at home 2-3 days per week and in the office 2-3 days per week. Should you wish to work full time in the office this is also an option.

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