Procurement Administrator

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Defence organisation to recruit a Procurement Administrator for an initial 6 month contract. There is a rate of £17.78 PAYE per hour on offer for the successful candidate. The role would involve a hybrid working arrangement with 2 days a week on site in Barrow In Furness and 3 days working from home.

Please find the job spec. below:

Role Description

As a member of the Supply Chain team, primarily providing transactional procurement and supplier management support. Reports into either a Principal Procurement Professional or a Procurement Manager. Responsible for operational procurement activities including purchase order management, financial reporting, expediting and transactional supplier engagement.

Core Duties
Typical duties include:
Purchase Order Management, ensuring:
• Effective demand work queue management
• Generation and issuing of transactional purchase orders, in accordance with WSUK governance and compliance protocols.
• Timely expediting of supplier acknowledgements
• Timely processing of invoices, aligned to agreed payment terms
• Collation of topical data to support supplier reviews

Purchase Order Book Management, ensuring:
• Deliveries are expedited to agreed schedules
• Purchase ledger reviews and reconciliation activities are administered
• ERP system data topicality is maintained
• Commitment reporting and debt management is exercised

Management of suppliers, ensuring:
• Supplier engagement is maintained, aligned to the latest supplier management framework, procedures and practices.
• Risks and opportunities relating to operational and/or contractual performance are identified and escalated as appropriate.
• Queries are owned and managed effectively
• Effective contracting of applicable Terms, Conditions, Legislative flow downs and contractual requirements
• Supplier visits are supported as required

Contribute to tasks as necessary to support the achievement of the functions objectives, in accordance with process and procedures.
The role holder:

• Basic understanding of export control regulations and working with classified military materiel.
• Basic understanding of ethical business practice in the procurement environment

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications
Functional Knowledge:
Awareness of the following areas, with the expectation to enhance the personal skillset whilst performing the role:
• Operational Procurement
• Sourcing
• Supplier Due Diligence
• Negotiation and Influencing
• Contracting and the Legal Environment
• Cost Management
• Risk and Opportunity Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Sustainability
• Stakeholder Engagement

Skills:
• Practised in the use of IT packages including Microsoft Office Applications, particularly Excel.
• ERP experience preferred (e.g. SAP, Oracle etc.)
• Effective communication skills.
• Proficiency in numeracy.
• Practised problem solving and analytical skills.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently, managing and prioritising their workload with appropriate guidance, but also the ability to work alongside and deliver within a team.

Qualifications:
• NVQ Level 4 (preferably in a STEM or Business Studies subject), OR 1-3 years business experience in a supply chain, finance, engineering or similar environment.
• Successful candidates are encouraged to join a CIPS-accredited professional training programme

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