Procurement Assistant

1 month ago


Manchester, United Kingdom boohoo.com Full time

**The role**:
As Procurement Assistant you will be supporting the Procurement Team to drive cost savings, efficiencies and process improvements across Boohoo and deliver commercial support for stakeholders across Various Categories. You will be the go to support for administration within the team. This role is Manchester based and we currently work 4 days in the office and 1 day from home.

We are looking for somebody who wants to progress their career within procurement and grow within this team with the support of our experienced Procurement Managers.

**Your team**:
In Procurement, we’re behind every purchase the Group makes, including our latest brand acquisitions There’s no limit to the impact we can have - our mission is to find quality suppliers and achieve value for money. We’re the go-to team for the entire Group, ensuring that achieving quality and maximising the P&L drives every decision we make.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Supporting with day to day administration tasks for the team
- Contract administration
- Support the Group Head of Procurement with administrative tasks which support the day to the day operation of the department
- Support the Group Head of Procurement with presentations slide decks
- Support the Travel Procurement Manager with travel administration and procurement
- Achieving annualised procurement savings targets;
- Supporting internal stakeholders to help them achieve their objectives, identify and drive out financial and quality improvement opportunities to deliver value to the bottom line;
- Supporting on sourcing and contract review processes across a number of different categories.
- Conducting commercial and contract negotiations;
- Managing the commercial relationships with both new and incumbent suppliers, to ensure contracts and commercial arrangements are competitively priced, legally robust and that service levels are established, monitored and exceeded by our suppliers;
- Ensuring contracts are set up in a timely manner and effectively mitigating supplier risk;
- Supporting the Procurement Team in the strategic development of the Procurement department;
- Relationship management of key suppliers to ensure consistently high service levels are achieved and to drive continuous improvement;
**Working with us**:
To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty - you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.

**More about you**:

- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Proactive attitude with “can do” mentality
- Communication, networking and interpersonal relationship skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Target-focussed
- Decision making and problem solving skills
- Good judgement and analytical skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Planning and organising
- Team player
- Problem-solving
- Commercial awareness
- Strong influencing skills
- Driven with the ability to stay calm under pressure
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially excel and powerpoint)

**Why join us**:
We’ve set our sights on dominating the global e-commerce fashion market, and because we’re 13 brands (and counting), there are plenty of opportunities to grow your career. Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception.
- You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes
- Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
- Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
- There’s up to 40% discount off our all of our brands
- Our social calendar? Next level
- With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe (some are dog friendly), we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work

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