Procurement Assistant

Ricardo; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in Leamington Spa seeks a Procurement Assistant for a part-time position, focusing on supporting procurement processes and maintaining detailed reports. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical skills, procurement experience, and be proficient in Microsoft Excel. This role offers flexibility in working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days of annual leave.

Benefits

25 days' annual leave

Competitive pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven procurement or purchasing experience.
• Ability to solve problems and analyze data effectively.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support Buyers and Site Managers with requisitions.
• Initiate purchase requisitions for Orders.
• Maintain reports of usage, spend, and invoices.
• Work with Buyers on tenders and data gathering.

Skills

Attention to detail

Procurement/Purchasing experience

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Commercial acumen

Intermediate level of Microsoft Excel

Good communication skills

Job description

Overview

Role: Procurement Assistant (Part time hours) - 3 Month FTC

Location: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire UK (onsite)

Role ID: 2025-3188

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

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.

Role Summary

We are seeking to further bolster our Procurement team with the appointment of 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.

Key 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

Key Competencies and Experience

• Attention to detail is really important
• 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

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

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

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. 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 [e-mail] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.