Purchase to Pay Assistant

6 days ago


Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full time

Temporary role, 12 months.

The role of the procurement team is to manage the university's expenditure with external suppliers. This includes sourcing, tendering, contracting and supplier management. The team is responsible for operational procurement, order processing and invoice payment. The travel team also sit within procurement.

Working as part of the operational procurement team, you will provide a high level of support to our diverse academic, research and professional service departments. Your main role will be to undertake the order processing activity including understanding customer needs, processing requisitions and expediting deliveries. You will have a very high level of numeracy and literacy, be able to prioritise your workload and meet deadlines.

Previous purchasing experience is not essential but, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be trained in procurement and will learn to provide procurement advice in accordance with the University's Financial and Procurement Regulations. You need to be a team player and able to work with other colleagues in our travel and accounts payable team, providing assistance during busy periods for all areas of the function.

This role would be suitable for an apprentice contract or as a secondment opportunity.



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