Procurement Officer

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading defence organisation to recruit a Procurement Officer for an initial 6 month contract. There is a rate of £31.60 PAYE Per Hour or £41.08 Umbrella on offer for the successful candidate.  There is a hybrid working arrangement on offer with a split  time onsite in Barrow In Furness and working from home.

Please find the role description below:

• To provide support to the Supply Chain capability, working as a member of the business or function to provide expertise and support ensuring suppliers achieve the required delivery, cost and quality performance targets to support the programs in line with Procurement Governance and the Company Business Targets.
• To undertake all tasks as necessary to support the achievement of the functions objectives, in accordance with process and procedures
• To ensure compliance with company Operational Framework requirements by ensuring adhere to all processes and procedures.

Core Duties:

- Undertake with support transactional supply chain activity in support of our customer contract requirements including raising Request for Quotations, negotiating price and lead times, creating and managing purchase orders, expediting delivery and managing payments and contract change. Ensure compliance with Governance, Process and procedures.
- Create expediting reports and undertake the expediting activity with suppliers to ensure on-time deliveries in accordance with the programme requirements.
- Communicate with suppliers and internal / external stakeholders – resolving a wide variety of routine problems and quality issues, escalating complex / high impact issues when necessary.
- Operate and administer IT Applications i.e SAP ERP system with quality, accurate information relating to the supply chain activity, in accordance with policy and process.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal customers to optimise engagement and communication at all times.
- Identify potential cost saving opportunities and log them.

Skills: 

• Basic awareness of supplier management techniques
• Basic awareness of commercial aspects of contracts
• Proficient in the use of appropriate IT packages including Microsoft Office Applications.
• Ability to respond to internal/external customer enquiries, providing information and guidance as appropriate.
• High level of accuracy when inputting and cleansing data
• Ability to prioritise work load and set /meet customer expectations
• Can take ownership of problems and will attempt to resolve issues before escalating.

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