Role: Assistant Buyer REF 83549
Contract Length: 18 Months
Location: Hybrid/Reading are - Up to 3 days per week on site – depending on needs of the business
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for an Assistant Buyer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT BUYER
- The end to end management of the Purchase to Pay activities for allocated categories
- Day to day buying activities, ensuring that demands are understood and met and issues are dealt with promptly.
- Supplier relationship and performance management to ensure on time delivery and payment of invoices.
- Data collection and validation of the Service Centre reporting within the allocated category structure. Identifying and acting on opportunities to improvements to ensure right first time and on time delivery and payment.
- Continuously maintain the Oracle Fusion housekeeping to ensure the accuracy of purchase order data.
- Developing and maintaining working relationships and awareness with internal Category Managers and other key internal stakeholders, to ensure processes are adhered to, ensuring prompt placement of orders, and all stake holders are made aware of any issues such as late deliveries and the impact.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
- Processing orders
- Expediting orders
- Resolving invoice queries
- Promoting and ensuring the use of a fully evaluated and evaluated supply base.
- Working with key stakeholders to ensure the speedy resolution of queries, expediting of deliveries and closing overdue commitments.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE ASSISTANT BUYER
- Experience of Purchase to Pay
- Experience of Public Procurement Regulations.
- Experience of Fusion Oracle Purchase to Pay (P2P)
- Experience of Public Procurement Regulations
- The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015)
- The Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023)
- Knowledge of end-to-end public procurement
- Previous experience in a procurement/purchasing environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Stakeholder Management Skills
If you are an Assistant Buyer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant
The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
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