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Procurement Administrator

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£21,000 - £25,000
Surrey
LH/15087

Salary: £21,000 - £25,000

Location: Croydon

Hours: 9:00am - 5:30pm

Benefits: 25 days holidays, staff discount, private medical, life assurance, bonus, pension, childcare vouchers

 

About the Company

 

A leading Health and Beauty retailer are looking to recruit a Contracts Administrator to join their newly established Procurement team where you will develop in-depth knowledge of goods-not-for-resale (GNFR) processes and the GNFR procurement function.

 

What will your working week be like?

 

You will be responsible for supporting the Procurement and Legal teams to manage contracts administration and the contracts database.  Working with business stakeholders, the Legal department and Group Functions, you will ensure that commercial deals reached with suppliers are reflected in timely contracts and supported by transparent appraisals of current supplier performance and new supplier selection process.

 

You will administratively support the Procurement team to achieve category objectives through liaising with stakeholders and the accurate, effective and efficient administration of contracts, suppliers, trackers and the contracts database.  You will provide tender documentation and support with analysis on an ad-hoc basis.

 

Duties will include:

 

  • Work alongside the third party agency/consultant procurement resource to take over existing tenders/procurement projects already in existence and to kick off new opportunities identified through the procurement
  • Support the Senior Procurement Manager in establishing best practice, leading by example and training/supporting contract owners across the business
  • Bring your procurement knowledge to enhance the commercial agreements, delivering cost savings and efficiencies
  • Support different departments across the business in setting up and running tenders and quotation processes and category/supplier management
  • Facilitate and run category workshops in partnership with business area and for cross-functional projects
  • Prepare and co-ordinate the approval process of relevant contracts with Group Procurement Services (GPS) and Group Finance functions in HK
  • Record and share information to ensure an accurate UK contract database and feed into the visibility of upcoming contract expiry dates, break options and potential savings opportunities
  • Work with the Legal department to ensure that final contracts accurately reflect the commercial terms approved by the IC in the UK and HK

 

Who will suit this role?

 

The successful applicant will have a strong administration background and will have an interest in compliance, legal procurement and the motivation and initiative to work within a new developing team.

 

Key requirements

  • Retail experience
  • Commercial negotiation experience
  • Graduate Calibre
  • Project management experience
  • Strong communication and time management skills
  • Attention to detail
  • CIPS qualified or working towards it

 

Skills/Knowledge

  • Accurate
  • Organised
  • Analytical

 

Additional Requirements

  • Self motivated
  • Enthusiastic
  • Confident
  • Resilient under pressure
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Flexible

 

Desirable

  • Oracle 

 

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