Procurement Assistant

Could you be our new **Procurement Assistant**?
- A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our Procurement team in a part time assistant role.
- The role’s main objective is to assist with the day-to-day functions within the Procurement team to ensure products and services are understood, ordered and received with accuracy. Whilst supporting the team, you will liaise with suppliers and internal customers regularly and manage a variety of contractual tasks and maintenance.
- The primary emphasis of this role lies in facilitating the procurement and purchasing processes, actively contributing to cost reduction initiatives, managing administrative duties, and upholding the overall efficiency of the supply chain.
- You will play a pivotal role in guaranteeing the timely and cost-efficient purchase of products and services, all the while upholding stringent quality and compliance standards.- **Key activities & responsibilities include**:

- Receiving, checking and processing internal requisitions, re-order reports and capital purchase requests - resulting in purchase order creation with the guidance of procedures and the team as per Sarbanes Oxley rules.
- Take ownership of supplier relationships for low value agreements.
- Request supplier quotations whilst managing internal stakeholder expectations in line with pre agreed lead times.
- Assist the team by addressing enquiries related to price requests, product availability, delivery dates, product failures, quality issues, sample requests, and any other arising queries.
- Maintain and file Purchase Orders, requisitions, SPL’s and contract documentation.
- Take responsibility for the creation of new supplier documentation, timely and accurately and ensuring they are validated by the relevant Managers prior to inputting on MFG system.
- Have involvement with project work to facilitate the throughput of product as agreed with the relevant Buyer/Manager.

A background in purchasing/procurement is desirable as is excellent Excel skills, however, training and continuous development will be provided to encompass all essential aspects of general procurement tasks.
- This role is a **22.5 hour per week**, **3 day role** and operates in a hybrid working pattern of office-based days and working from home. Head Office is based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. There is a requirement for you to be in the office a minimum of 1 or 2 days depending on your working days.-
**Who we are**

We help make the world a more thoughtful and caring place every single day with our greeting cards and gift dressings created for life’s big events, special occasions and those “saw-this-and-thought-of-you” moments of life. Along with our sister Company John Sands, we’re part of the American Greetings Corporation, one of the largest privately owned greeting card publishers in the world.

We are the largest direct to retail publisher of greeting cards in the UK - so you’ll find our amazing products just about everywhere

Here at UK Greetings we take pride in being an inclusive and diverse employer - we are dedicated and committed to building a culture where difference is valued and everyone is able to fulfil their potential at work regardless of their background.

Among the great benefits of working at UK Greetings are:

- Hybrid Working, work from home or at our Dewsbury headquarters
- Employee Benefits Platform
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Free onsite parking at Head Office sites
- Colleague discount shop
- Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme
- Leadership Development Scheme opportunities, Levels 3, 5 and 7
- Online Doctor and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Employee Recognition scheme

So, if you feel like the role ticks all of the right boxes and you would love to be part of a talented team, you’re in the right place