Procurement Administrator - FTC

Avara Foods; Brackley; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 Days Holiday

5% Pension

Life Insurance

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Avara Foods is seeking a Procurement Administrator to join the Brackley site on a 3+ months fixed term contract. You will support the Procurement Team and work with the Data Analyst to keep supplier information current, validate savings and inflation, and deliver KPI reporting across the P2P process.

The role requires Oracle experience, excellent Excel skills, and strong communication. You will help maintain catalogs, update prices, manage supplier qualification, and assist with tenders and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Oracle system.
• Ability to build reports.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Proactive in organising personal workload.
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• High level of communication skills.
• Able to build working relationships easily with all key functions in organisation.
• Team player.

Responsibilities

• Validate savings and inflation for period end and monthly finance reporting.
• Maintain current catalogues and implement new ones on Oracle when Buyers or Category Leads request it.
• Support the team with keeping prices up to date for inventory items.
• Keep Blanket Purchase Agreements up to date with live codes for inventory.
• Support ERP Functional Specialist with removing expired codes and add new ones on an annual basis.
• When requested, set up, maintain and end date Contract Purchase Agreements and Blanket Purchase Agreements.
• Process manual payment requests
• New supplier set up, categorisation and qualification.
• Qualify our current supplier base and report on the results.
• Support Procurement Team with tenders and other admin tasks
• Maintain Procurement mailbox
• Regular support for requisitioners – Training for new Requisitioners. Ensure Training section on Milo is kept up to date.
• Ad hoc tasks

Skills

Excel skills

Report building

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Proactive workload management

Independent working

Team player

Tools

Oracle system

Job description

Procurement Administrator – 3+ Months Fixed Term Contract

Are you passionate about purchasing? Looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience in procurement?

As an inclusive, forward thinking business, we take pride in our approach to Procurement across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Procurement Administrator to join our Procurement Team, supporting our Data Analyst based at our Brackley Site, Northamptonshire.

Purpose Of The Role

As a Procurement Administrator, you will report into the Procurement Data Analyst and you will be responsible for ensuring suppliers are qualified, pricing is kept up to date, validating savings and inflation and producing and reporting KPIs across a range of areas within the P2P process.

Your Key Responsibilities As Procurement Administrator Will Include

• Work with each member of the Procurement team to validate their savings and inflation for period end and monthly finance reporting.
• Maintain current catalogues and implement new ones on Oracle when Buyers or Category Leads request it.
• Support the team with keeping prices up to date for inventory items.
• Keep Blanket Purchase Agreements up to date with live codes for inventory.
• Support ERP Functional Specialist with removing expired codes and add new ones on an annual basis.
• When requested, set up, maintain and end date Contract Purchase Agreements and Blanket Purchase Agreements.
• Process manual payment requests
• New supplier set up, categorisation and qualification.
• Qualify our current supplier base and report on the results.
• Support Procurement Team with tenders and other admin tasks
• Maintain Procurement mailbox
• Regular support for requisitioners – Training for new Requisitioners. Ensure Training section on Milo is kept up to date.
• Ad hoc tasks

What We Are Looking For

• Knowledge of Oracle system
• Report building
• Excellent Excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proactive in organising personal workload
• Able to work with minimal supervision
• High level of communication skills
• Able to build working relationships easily with all key functions in organisation
• Team player

What’s in it for you?

As a Procurement Administrator you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.

Benefits

• 31 Days Holiday
• 5% Pension
• Life Insurance
• Various lifestyle benefits, including wellbeing resources

A Little About Us

Avara Foods is one of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain, which include feed mills, farms, hatcheries and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 7000 people. This is achieved by investing in people, utilising the latest technology and being uncompromising in our commitment to high quality and food standards.

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.