Procurement Assistant

You will be a member of the Procurement Services Team who are responsible for providing transactional, tactical and P2P Procurement activities across Southern Water and their supply chain. You will be supporting the business and work closely with wider Procurement and Commercial Team (Category, Sourcing and Supplier & Contract Management Teams).

· Creating and updating purchase orders across all categories and subcategories of spend

· Providing first line support to outsourced Procurement Services team members

· Maintaining the procurement contract database

· Supporting stakeholders with requests of goods/services not within our catalogue and constructively challenging where appropriate/necessary

· Answering and managing incoming calls

· Document processing, record keeping, maintenance of information and databases, dealing with correspondence, preparing documents and reports

· Maintaining and managing filing systems both electronic and paper

· Update spreadsheets, databases and Procurement systems

We are looking for a person with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, a passion for service and a commercial mind-set. Self-motivation, adaptability and resilience are also important qualities for this role, as well as being a team player. Solid Microsoft Office skills and strong numerical and data analysis skills are required. Experience in SAP SRM or other Procurement purchasing systems would be advantageous. Maths & English at GCSE A-C/4+ is essential for this role. Studying CIPs or an interest in CIPs qualifications is preferred but not essential.

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home. We are offering a salary of up to £25,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Company and performance-related bonus



• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution



• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary



• Health benefits through a Cash Plan



• Two paid community volunteering days a year



• 25 days annual holiday



• Occupational health service



• Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences



• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications



• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options


Join our Procurement team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £25,371.00 per year

Benefits:

• Canteen


• Company pension


• Employee mentoring programme


• Free parking


• Life insurance


• On-site parking


• Paid volunteer time


• Work from home


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday