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Buyer / Purchasing / Procurement Assistant £20-24k, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5pm Derby based. Free parking onsite

We are working with a well-established and progressive Business Management Consultancy with customer satisfaction and practical advice as its core values.

They are seeking an assistant Buyer / Procurement Assistant to support their Procurement, team.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail when completing administrative tasks.

As the procurement assistant you will need to be confident interacting with people at all levels. Experience of working in procurement, commercial or accounts roles would be an advantage. Above all we value attitude and approach.

The Role/Key duties of the procurement assistant are:

Monitoring and recording of energy and fuel market pricing;

Recording Client energy and fuel consumption and profiling;
Production of consumption/pricing reports on behalf of Clients against agreed timescales;
Validation of Client energy and fuel invoices;
Supporting the preparation and issue of Client invitations to tender;
Supporting the analysis and evaluation of Supplier Tenders and proposals;
General administration support for the team.
Skills and attributes required:

Highly organised and able to manage multiple competing priorities;
Ability to work under own initiative with meticulous attention to detail;
IT Literate with a strong practical knowledge of MS Office software, particularly MS Excel;
Numerate and commercially aware;
Well-presented, articulate with excellent time management;
Excellent team working and relationship-building skills;
Passion for career progression and willing to learn new skills.
Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 GCSE's (A-C including Maths and English)

A willingness to work towards MCIPS qualification

Vantage Recruitment are acting as an employment agency for the purposes of this vacancy

This position would suit someone with an interest in pursuing a career in procurement, purchasing or buying, or with a strong accounts background



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