Indirect Procurement Assistant

2 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Mayborn Group Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our Indirect Procurement team as an Indirect Procurement Assistant at our Mayborn HQ in Newcastle upon Tyne

As the Indirect Procurement Assistant you will be helping to ensure indirect procurement activities are delivered in a way that reflects best practice whilst supporting global business objectives. Building strong relationships with colleagues across the business is essential and you will also need to keep an eye out for opportunities for future projects.

Reporting to the indirect procurement manager, you’ll be confident in sharing your own ideas of how to improve and develop the function. It’s a small team of two, but part of a wider team incorporating both the legal and compliance functions.

**This role will be based at our Global Headquarters located in Newcastle Upon Tyne and will be required to work in the office three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).**

**What you will be doing**:

- Play a key supporting role in the indirect procurement function.
- Ensure compliance with the indirect procurement policy.
- Lead on smaller scale indirect procurement projects across all internal functions from marketing to IT to warehousing and more.
- Negotiate pricing and payment terms with new suppliers.
- Own and manage the new supplier set up procedure.
- Proactively look for cost savings and efficiencies in the supply chain and ways of working.
- Help to manage and mitigate indirect procurement risks.

**What skills and experiences you’ll need to ace this job**:

- Ability and confidence to push back on spend with internal stakeholders and ensure internal processes are followed correctly.
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral, and comfortable working with colleagues at all levels of the business.
- Personable and solid teamworking skills to collaborate closely across the business.
- Self-sufficient and organised to prioritise and manage time effectively to achieve results.
- Procurement experience would be a positive but is not essential. If you are self-motivated, learn quickly and can demonstrate the other skills above you’ll be a great fit.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Expected hours: 16 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Newcastle upon Tyne: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you authorised to work in the United Kingdom? Please provide details.
- How many years experience have you had working with Excel?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newcastle upon Tyne

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