Interim Procurement Assistant

Ricardo plc; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A global consulting company is seeking a part-time Interim Procurement Assistant to support the Procurement team for an initial 3-month period. Key responsibilities include assisting Buyers with requisitions, maintaining reports, and managing contracts. Ideal candidates will have procurement experience and strong communication skills. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a range of benefits including annual leave and a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days' annual leave

Competitive pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Life assurance

Professional subscriptions reimbursement

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement or purchasing roles.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Support Buyers with requisitions and reports.
• Initiate purchase requisitions for orders.
• Maintain reports of usage, spend, and invoices.

Skills

Procurement/Purchasing experience

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Commercial acumen

Intermediate level of Microsoft Excel

Good communication skills

Job description

Job Overview

We are seeking to bolster our Procurement team with an Interim Procurement Assistant on a part time basis (circa 2.5 days per week) for an initial 3 month period. You will report into the Head of Global Procurement.

Responsibilities

• Supporting Buyers and Site Managers with requisitions and reports of goods and services required on UK sites.
• Initiating purchase requisitions to support Buyers in placing Orders.
• Maintaining reports and spreadsheets of usage, spend, and supplier invoices.
• Maintaining a contracts register and working with Buyers on tenders and data gathering.

Qualifications and Experience

• Procurement/Purchasing experience.
• Problem solving, analytical and listening skills.
• Commercial acumen.
• Clear, logical thinker with the ability to understand and solve problems.
• Understanding, simplifying and improving complex processes.
• Intermediate level of Microsoft Excel.
• Good communication skills at all levels with the ability to talk to suppliers with sensitivity to commercial factors.
• Happy to work within a team and on own alongside other experienced professionals.

Desirable Competencies and Experience

• Experience in purchasing.
• Experience of working with MRP/ERP systems for manufacturing.
• CIPS qualification (advantageous but not essential).

About Ricardo (WSP)

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

Work Life Balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next Steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer. Please advise the recruitment team if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.