Purchasing Procurement Officer - HYBRID JOB LOCATION: Stevenage SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL: SC – UKEO - Can start on BPSS DURATION: 6 Months (possible extension) WORK PATTERN: HYBRID - 1 or 2 days per week in office depending on workload (Dynamic working rest of the time) PAY RATE: £25 - £27 Per Hour Umbrella Inside IR35 Essential QUALIFICATIONS Procurement and understanding of SAP TARGET INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIES. Is Defence a must? If not what industries can be considered Defence would be good but not essential Essential Skillset & Tools SAP PURCHASING Overview: Focal point for working with the CSS Spares and Repairs Team in the organisation and the management of customer repairs and spares procurement based upon the requests made by internal project teams. Supplier assessment, adherence to open order books, supplier communications to ensure on time deliveries, communication/solutions provision for delayed deliveries and measuring/feedback on supplier performance. Responsibilities: Purchasing • Responsibilities include processing of electronic and manual requisitions. • Use of SAP to raise request for quotations (RFQ) • Creating Excel spread sheets to assess the data to aid supplier selection process. • Raising of purchase orders within SAP. • Progressing of orders to ensure on time delivery to the internal customers. • Purchase order amendment in line with changing delivery forecasts post order acknowledgment. • Maintain dialogue with internal customer to ensure topical delivery forecast are maintained. • Holding & supporting business operational reviews Administration • Liaise with both Bought Ledger and vendors to resolve Invoice queries and enable timely and accurate payments. • Data cleansing of SAP to ensure accurate data collection. • Quality assessment and measurement of suppliers. Distribution of monthly reports to vendors and ensuring correct reason codes are annotated, enabling accurate reports for delivery and quality purposes. Skillset/Experience Required: • Proactive approach flexible self-starter • IT Literate - Must be able to use Microsoft Office (Word; Power Point; Excel; Outlook) to a proficient level. (A working knowledge of SAP is an advantage.) • Education: Educated to basic secondary level: (Maths, English to O level/GCSE/NVQ as a minimum) • Ability to effectively communicate and maintain good relations with both internal customers and external suppliers. • Ability to work under pressure to deadlines in a professional manner