IT Procurement Specialist

IT Procurement Specialist
We are supporting our client, a global organisation specialising in Consultancy Services to the natural resources, infrastructure, and property markets worldwide, who due to expansion of their Technical Support provision, are looking to recruit an

IT Procurement Specialist

to work within their globally distributed IT team from their Leeds office (LS18) to all their users across the global business.

THIS ROLE IS SITE BASED .

The ideal person for this role will have a minimum of 2 years' experience working within a procurement environment utilising service desk, procurement, and asset management tools and demonstrate, excellent customer service, organisational, written, and oral communication skills, along with strong IT skills - proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365 along with, commerciality – including total cost of ownership, driving commercial value, sustainability - Sustainable procurement methodologies.

As the

IT Procurement Specialist,

you'll be the first line contact for all matters relating to the Facilities and Procurement function. Responding effectively and efficiently to all queries and creating relevant work orders. You'll be a confident individual with good interpersonal skills, able to deal with people at all levels and communicate to users in a clear, non-technical language. You'll be comfortable with working in a fast-moving, dynamic environment and display a strong customer-focus, providing support to demanding users, where your excellent organisational and prioritising skills will be required and the ability to report on progress and timescales on outstanding and completed activities.

Key duties and responsibilities, not limited to:
Global vendor and category management
Processing and managing all procurement related requests for indirect corporate expenditure including raising purchase orders, receipting and invoice checking, in relation to IT and Facilities requests including:
IT hardware, software licenses and services
Mobile phones and accessories
Stationary, corporate merchandise, printing, office equipment and PPE
Managing day to day procurement activities, reporting, on / off boarding staff, updating our internal systems, and supporting documentation including the management of the asset database
Updating internal policies and procedures on the internal Knowledge Base ensuring compliance with SOx procedures and corporate governance
Manage the overall supplier relationship including – ensuring costs and services are in line with contractual agreements, support onboarding / offboarding of suppliers including contractual negotiations, manage the renewals of our suppliers including commercial agreements and obtaining best commercial advantage (TCO)
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Previous experience of Dynamics 365 and FreshService are an advantage

Salary £33,000-£34,000 DOE
Fully office based in Leeds LS18, Monday- Friday flexible working after probationary period
For more information about this role apply now or contact Sally at Headway Recruitment.
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