Our client is seeking a strong Administrator to join their procurement team on a 6 month fixed term contract. This is a home-working opportunity however it is essential that you live a commutable distance from Andover as you will be required to attend the occasional meeting in their offices.

The ideal candidate will have strong administration/coordinator experience, having worked collaboratively with internal/external customers. Strong attention to detail will be a strength, very organised and great time management.

Previous experience of procurement operations and systems would be desirable but not essential.

You will support with the on-going development and day to day activities of the procurement operations and systems to provide intelligence to the team to facilitate sourcing activity, spend control and supplier management.

Administrator key responsibilities:

• To develop and maintain a comprehensive and reliable contracts register that supports efficient procurement processes and decision-making
• Maintain spend data records to identify and investigate above-limit and off-contract spend, providing analysis to key stakeholders within the business
• Undertake regular data cleansing, management, and standardisation activities
• Support preparation of regular reports for internal and external panels or committees in relation to Procurement and contract activity
• Assist in the development of supplier and contract management activities to provide a coordinated approach across the functions, departments and parties participating in group-wide arrangements
• Coordinate and support collaborative working with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders
• Support the administration of the approved supplier list and effectively collaborate with required stakeholders
• Identify and implement process improvements within existing procurement systems and make suggestions for processes that may benefit from increased automation
• Co-ordination and administration of procurement policy and process documentation to ensure that they are up to date and available to the business
• To be the point of contact within the business for day-to-day procurement administration queries, including management of team mailboxes
• Provide administrative support to the members of the procurement team as required
• Low value sourcing responsibilities, as required
• Management and completion of regulatory administration in line with specified timescales, such as notices.

Administrator skills and experience:

• Previous administration and/or coordination experience
• Computer literate including competency with the MS Office suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Able to effectively engage with processes including following, managing, and improving
• Keen attention to detail
• Ability to learn new systems and processes quickly.

If you do not hear from a consultant within 1 week of your application, then unfortunately, on this occasion, you have been unsuccessful.