Procurement Administrator
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Due to our continued growth throughout 2024, OCU Group are looking for Procurement Administrators to join the team in our Stockport Head Office. The purpose of the role is to support the procurement function by assisting with administrative tasks, managing documentation, and facilitating communication between internal stakeholders and suppliers. This role involves maintaining procurement records, processing purchase orders, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies and procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Receive and review purchase requisitions from internal departments, ensuring accuracy and completeness of information.
- Create and process purchase orders using procurement software or systems, verifying pricing, quantities, and delivery requirements.
- Communicate with suppliers to confirm order details, lead times, and delivery schedules, and track order status to ensure timely delivery.
- Assist in maintaining supplier databases and records, including contact information, contract details, and performance metrics.
- Communicate with suppliers to request quotes, negotiate pricing, and resolve issues related to orders, deliveries, or invoices.
- Conduct supplier evaluations and assessments to assess performance, quality, and reliability.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date procurement documentation, including purchase orders, contracts, invoices, and correspondence with suppliers.
- Organize and file procurement records in accordance with retention policies and regulatory requirements, ensuring accessibility and confidentiality as needed.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, procedures, and regulations, including approval workflows, spending limits, and ethical standards.
- Provide administrative support to the procurement team, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and taking meeting minutes.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders, such as finance, operations, and inventory management, to ensure alignment of procurement activities.
Skills and Experience
- Previous experience in a procurement or administrative role, preferably in a similar industry or sector.
- Knowledge of procurement processes, procedures, and terminology.
- Proficiency in using procurement software or systems is desirable.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise with internal stakeholders and external suppliers professionally.
- A qualification in procurement, business administration, or a related field may be advantageous.
Company Information:
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.
We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.
- Division
- OCU Utility Services
- Locations
- Stockport
- Employment type
- Full-time
Stockport
Our People, our Culture, our Values
As a business, we pride ourselves on operating a ‘People First’ culture, striving to constantly deliver on our 5 core company values.
1. We Care about Safety - It is our goal for everyone working on our behalf to go home healthy and safe at the end of each and every day.
2. We lead with Integrity - Integrity is central to everything we do. Without it, we wouldn’t have the relationships with our clients, nor would we have built an enviable reputation within the industry.
3. We strive to be Better everyday - We take pride in everything we do. This involves a meticulous approach to our work, endeavouring to make each day better than the last.
4. We make a Positive Impact - We want to make the places we work in better; leaving a lasting infrastructure and social legacy. We believe in proactivity to maximise impact.
5. We Deliver to Grow - The successful delivery of frameworks and contracts feeds our ability to grow strategically and strengthen OCU to expand the business and capabilities even further.
About OCU
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.
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