Procurement Analyst

Procurement Analyst

Do you love working with data and Excel Spreadsheets? Do you have an analytical mind? This role would be perfect for a graduate as there is full training and progression for you.

This analyst role sits within the Procurement and Innovation department in a genuinely lovely company based in Welwyn Garden City. This is a great time to join this fabulous team as they have some great plans for the future which you will of course be part of.

This company pride themselves in offering employees training and progression opportunities and so you will be well supported with plenty of opportunity to undertake courses and professional qualifications where appropriate.

My client provides purchasing solutions to businesses requiring long term management and control of their overhead purchasing. Established for 25 years and employing over ninety staff, they are now one of the leading providers of expense reduction services in the UK with customers ranging from £billion turnover PLCs to SMEs and doctors surgeries.

Procurement Analyst Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal customers
• Data analysis inputting, price comparison and sanity checking of analysis within set time frames using Excel and CRM.
• Use of analytical problem-solving skills in providing information/ suggestions to Account Managers.
• Ensure the correct process, housekeeping and information is provided within CRM
• Liaising with Account Management team on analysis and supplier related queries.
• Complete any adhoc tasks that have been issued by the Procurement Managers
• Constantly be driven to make improvements to current working processes
• Considering and suggesting alternative approaches/products to increase potential savings.

Requirements

• Good maths ability
• Strong attention to detail
• Good team player
• Very good communication skills
• Good Time Management
• Ability to spot numerical inaccuracies.
• Methodical and Organised
• Process Driven but still able to think outside the box
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and CRM data bases.
• Ability to self-motivate

Responsibilities of Procurement Analyst

• Highly customer focused
• Numerate
• Very good attention to detail
• Good team player
• Self-motivated
• Target driven
• Very good communication skills both internally and externally
• Able to plan and prioritise workload
• Excel proficient

Salary: £24k with *£3k bonus

*Bonus payable quarterly after completion of probation period

Despite our best efforts it is not always possible to respond to every application individually due to the high volume of responses we receive on each vacancy

Only candidates who are short listed will be contacted for this particular role and if you have not heard from us within 7 days please assume that you have not be successful. However, we will keep your details on our database, and will contact you when other suitable positions come in