Procurement Assistant County Durham Permanent Jackson Hogg Procurement & Supply Chain division are delighted to be supporting an organisation in County Durham on the appointment of a Procurement Assistant to join their small, close-knit team. This is a full time and permanent role that can offer a competitive salary. We are open to candidates without procurement experience but who have good administration and computer skills, a graduate seeking their first role or someone with some procurement/purchasing knowledge. The Role: * To ensure appropriate elements of the electronic purchase ordering gateway are dealt with efficiently and effectively across various order types, including development projects, overheads, construction and operations. * To co-ordinate the pre-qualification and vendor due diligence process of both new and existing suppliers through to conclusion and to liaise with finance, health and safety, and technical co-ordinators for their input into the assessment. * To assist with the assessment of suppliers. * To assist with the completion of appointments and contract variations, ensuring they are issued to suppliers / consultants in a timely manner and tracked. * To ensure appointments and contract variations are signed appropriately, and hard copy documents and electronic copies are filed off accordingly whilst unsigned contracts and variations are expedited regularly and reconciled to a purchase order. * To a...