Procurement Specialist

4 days ago


Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Supply Chain Coordination Limited Full time
Job Title: Procurement Assistant

At Supply Chain Coordination Limited, we are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Procurement Assistant to join our team. As a Procurement Assistant, you will play a vital role in ensuring the procurement processes are managed within identified KPIs.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Procurement: Achieve specific procurement goals or provide support to others while following established procurement systems and protocols.
  • Contract Requirements: Gather and report on information on existing contract performance and provide as input to the new contract process.
  • Contract Management: Carry out simple contract management tasks.
  • Document Preparation: Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.
  • Data Collection and Analysis: Extract relevant data from information provided by others and input it into spreadsheets or standard formats.
  • Operational Compliance: Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Support stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings, and events.
  • Sourcing: Collect and collate information on the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for more senior colleagues to provide solid market information for decision making.
  • Customer Service: Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention. Responsibilities may include processing cases, dealing with complex queries and investigating and resolving customer problems.
Requirements:
  • Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, listens attentively and takes an interest. Keeps others well informed; conveys information clearly, concisely, and professionally when speaking or writing.
  • Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Ensuring a great eye for detail. For example, looks at complex issues from multiple angles; explores issues to uncover underlying issues and root causes; sees the main consequences and implications of different options.
  • Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, accepts responsibility for own work, both successes and failures. Handles fair share and does not make excuses for problems. Usually meets commitments to others.
  • Business Strategy: Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals. For example, understands the main business fundamentals. Tries to learn the organization's key drivers, industry developments, and trends; seeks guidance to understand choices.
  • Plans and Aligns: Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. For example, outlines clear plans that put actions in a logical sequence; conveys some time frames. Aligns own work with relevant workgroups. Takes some steps to reduce bottlenecks and speed up the work.
  • Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, finds many ways to add value to the team; probes to draw out richer input from others; is a valued resource who goes out of the way to help others.
  • Data Collection and Analysis: Works under guidance (but not constant supervision) to analyse data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
  • Computer Skills: Supports business processes without supervision by understanding and effectively using standard office equipment and standard software packages, while providing technical guidance as needed.
  • Action Planning: Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to develop appropriate plans or perform necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on managing stakeholders so that they deliver the best possible results given available resources.
Working Arrangements:

We offer a hybrid working arrangement, with a blend of home and office working 2/3 days in the office and 2/3 days working from home.

Benefits:
  • Performance led annual bonus scheme
  • 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days
  • Generous contributory pension scheme (up to 6% employee / 12% employer contributions of your base salary)
  • Access to Flexible Benefits Scheme – you will be able to choose from a variety of benefits such Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance and additional pension contributions that suit you
  • 2 days paid Volunteering Leave
  • 1 day paid Wellbeing Leave
  • Long Service Awards
  • Access to the Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts
  • Flexible working options
  • National Annual season ticket purchase scheme
  • Eye Care vouchers
  • Access to a free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme


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