Procurement Admin Specialist — Category & Data Support

Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd; Chertsey; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Wellbeing support

23 days' annual leave + bank holidays

Life assurance

Job summary

Foodbuy is recruiting a Buyers Administration Assistant to provide essential administrative support across the category function. The role is hybrid, based in London or Chertsey, and involves handling supplier and client queries, contract and price changes, reporting, and day-to-day category activity.

You will work with internal teams, suppliers and clients, managing priorities with accuracy and proactive communication. Excellent organisation, detail orientation and IT skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Previous business administration or team support experience.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Confident written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong IT capabilities and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• A flexible, team-focused approach with a positive, can-do attitude.
• The ability to use initiative and work independently.
• Confidence managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the wider category team.
• Respond to supplier, client, category inbox and helpdesk queries.
• Gather information from different data sources and present it in a clear, accessible format.
• Support contract and price change administration.
• Upload relevant documents to the Scanmarket e-platform.
• Coordinate client communications and product sampling sessions.
• Prepare meeting agendas and supporting content.
• Capture actions, maintain accurate minutes and follow up with colleagues.
• Support ad hoc projects and ensure agreed actions are completed.
• Build strong working relationships with relevant internal teams.
• Provide an initial point of contact for supplier invoice queries.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Written and verbal communication

Ability to learn systems quickly

Team-focused

Independent working

Administrative experience

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Scanmarket e-platform

Job description

Foodbuy is recruiting a Buyers Administration Assistant to provide essential administrative support across the category function. The role is hybrid, based in London or Chertsey, and involves handling supplier and client queries, contract and price changes, reporting, and day-to-day category activity.

You will work with internal teams, suppliers and clients, managing priorities with accuracy and proactive communication. Excellent organisation, detail orientation and IT skills are essential.