Procurement Contract Support Specialist

2 days ago


Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom Southern Water group Full time
Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Procurement Contract Support Officer. You will be responsible for providing transactional, tactical, and P2P procurement activities across Southern Water and their supply chain.

You will work closely with the wider Procurement and Commercial Teams, reporting to the Process & Systems Manager. Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Creating and updating/managing purchase orders across all categories and subcategories of spend
  • Maintaining the procurement contract database
  • Providing first-line support to outsourced Procurement Services team members, both from a process & system delivery perspective
  • Supporting stakeholders with requests of goods/services not within our catalogue and constructively challenging where appropriate/necessary
  • Answering and managing incoming calls
  • Document processing, record keeping, maintenance of information and databases, dealing with correspondence, preparing documents and reports
  • Maintaining and managing filing systems both electronic and paper
  • Updating spreadsheets, databases, and Procurement systems
  • Managing other procurement mechanisms that enable the P2P process (e.g., P-Card)
About You

We are looking for a person with excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills, with a passion for service and a commercial mind-set.

You should be self-motivated, adaptable, and resilient, with a solid understanding of Microsoft Office and strong numerical and data analysis skills.

Experience in SAP SRM or other Procurement purchasing systems would be advantageous.

Package

This role offers a competitive salary of £29,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, as well as a range of benefits including:

  • Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
  • Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
  • Health benefits through a Cash Plan
  • Two paid community volunteering days a year
  • 25 days annual holiday
  • Occupational health service
  • Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
  • Digital GP service
  • Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
  • Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options


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