Procurement Assistant
- Employer
- Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
- Location
- Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Salary
- 22500 - 26000
- Closing date
- 17 Feb 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Procurement
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Procurement Assistant to work with a public sector organisation in Edinburgh for 6 months paying £22.5k - £26k
Your new company
Public sector organisation with an excellent reputation for being an employer of choice, are currently recruiting for a Procurement Assistant to provide administrative support to their busy procurement team. This is an excellent opportunity to gain more experience working within a multi-award winning procurement team.
Your new role
As Procurement Assistant, you will provide support to the procurement staff in analysing, summarising and reporting on a variety of procurement data. You will also assist in providing a high standard of customer care by facilitating meetings and events and assisting in communications.
Using a variety of data sources and software applications, you will analyse and interpret complex procurement data and will research a wide variety of procurement or commodity related topics.
Additionally, you will provide general administrative support and back up to the category teams.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have the ability to gather, analyse and present information effectively and will have a high standard of IT skills including Excel, Work and Powerpoint. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly the ability to communicate clearly and effectively is essential. Additional to this, experience handing and analysing procurement related data is of benefit.
What you'll get in return
Working for a large employer in Edinburgh you will have the opportunity to learn from an award winning procurement team. The contract will start in January and is anticipated to last until the end of July. You will be paid on a weekly basis on a full time equivalent salary of £22,500 - £26,000 (depending on experience) and will work 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday.
What you need to do now
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