Procurement Administrator

Summary and purpose of the Job:

Our client is seeking a proactive and responsible Procurement Administrator to process purchase orders and assist with the sourcing of equipment and services from vendors.

This role is responsible for raising the Purchase Orders on our ServiceNow platform. You will monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand of goods within the business, utilising the trends of opportunities in the pipeline. As well as the management of small projects across the business, both customers facing and internal.

In addition to raising the Purchase Orders, this role is responsible for liaising with the end customer to ensure the goods have been delivered and accepted, so excellent customer service skills are a must.

As new orders come into the business the Procurement Administrator will work alongside the other members of the Procurement team to ensure all the relevant information is received in order to raise purchase orders in a timely manner. You will need to be a team player and able to develop strong internal relationships to deliver customer requirements.

Responsibilities include:

• Gathering of relevant and required purchasing information
• Raising the Purchase Orders on SereviceNow & Sage and sending to the relevant supplier/vendor
• Provide up to date progress reports on raised Purchase Orders
• Highlight any issues or risks to the Purchase Orders i.e. price mis-match
• Ensuring price checks have been completed against the Sales Order
• Management of small hardware/software only orders that do not require Project Management
• Ad hoc administration tasks if and when required

The successful candidate will have:

• A professional approach to all stakeholder relationships, including the ability to build trust and credibility
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills
• Will be IT literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
• Excellent communicator in both written and verbal communications

Desirables: -

• Sage 200
• ServiceNow
• Telecoms industry
• Working with vendors/suppliers

This role is a full-time role working 37.5 hours each week from 09:00 – 17:30 Monday to Friday UK Hours