Procurement Assistant

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Procurement Support Exec - £32k + excellent bens + prospects

Location : Penryn, Cornwall

Monday - Thurs, 08:30 - 16:30 Friday 08:30 - 15:30 (39hrs)

Our client:

An internationally renowned engineering company who continue to grow at a rapid pace. As part of their expansion & process improvement there now exists a new role to work within the procurement team.

Summary:

To provide a point of contact with controlled, measured and reportable procurement services to all departments within the company.

Role Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the purchase order environments ensuring timely and accurate information
• Procurement of goods through the issue of purchase orders, at best cost and lead time to aid the business
• Liaise with the wider finance team to ensure supplier invoices can be processed timely and accurately
• Supplier quotation management
• Purchase order processing for the company within the approved purchase limits
• Ensure purchases are received within agreed delivery time frames and communicate to all stakeholders
• Chase suppliers to ensure delivery time meet expectations and requirements
• Reconciliation of stock valuation for the month end accounting process.
• To maintain wraparound cover for purchasing during your colleague’s holiday periods.

Key Characteristics:

• A team player, loyal and trustworthy
• Process driven approach to working
• Attention to detail on process flow and reporting
• A clear understanding of the use of KPIS to monitor performance
• Accurate and working to tight deadline

Qualifications/Skills:

• Strong IT skills, with proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Analytic eye, able to soot issues and resolve them or elevate them to the correct platform
• Excellent organisational skills required, time management and availability are critical

KPI’s

• Invoice cycle time
• Spend VS Budget
• Savings VS targets

Ideal candidate:

This is a fantastic opportunity - we look forward to your application.

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