Procurement Administrator

Job Title:Procurement Administrator

Location: Lisburn

Duration: Approx. 4-6 months with possibility to extend.

Hours: Full Time, 36.25 hours per week.

Salary: £13.20 per hour.

On behalf of our client, we are seeking a Procurement Administrator to provide an efficient and effective procurement and contract management service, contributing as an integral member of the Finance team in providing a modern, professional and responsive financial service.

Core Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the effective day to day procurement systems management including:

• Processing requisitions into purchase orders following completion of accuracy and validity checks;
• Creating new contracts following receipt of handover documentation;
• Adhering to timescales for all cyclical and routine processes within the e-procurement system.

• Responsible for testing changes and upgrades to the e-procurement system.
• Assisting the Contracts and Procurement Advisor to develop, implement and maintain the rolling 3-year procurement plan and associated annual procurement action plan.
• To produce monthly contract monitoring reports including checking of all amber and red status contracts and advising the Contracts and Procurement Advisor of the same.
• Responsible for the set-up and maintenance of appropriate filing and archiving systems for procurement and contract management information including the retention and disposal of records.

Experience & Skills required:

• 5 GCSEs Grade C or above, or equivalent, to include English and Maths.
• An awareness of current good practice for procurement and associated technology including competitive tendering techniques.
• Have at least 1 years experience of:

• Delivering an operational procurement service;
• Effectively using available ICT systems and software packages in the provision of a procurement or contract management service;
• Providing financial information for corporate decision making.

• Effective planning and organisational skills with the ability to pay attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written and the ability to work individually or as part of a team.

Desirable requirements:

• Experience gained working within a large complex organisation of contracts management or operational procurement.
• Have current membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS) or working towards membership.

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