Procurement Coordinator

Ambitions Personnel; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Training provided

Job summary

Ambitions Personnel in Peterborough is seeking a Procurement Coordinator to join a busy team on a temporary basis for an initial 12 weeks, with the potential to become permanent for the right person.

You'll support the purchasing process from requisition through to payment, raising purchase requisitions and converting them into purchase orders in SAP, and ensuring invoices and payments are processed accurately and on time.

Qualifications

• Good IT and communication skills required.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage high-volume workload.
• Excellent customer service and teamwork.
• SAP experience is desirable, but full training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Raising purchase requisitions and converting to purchase orders in SAP.
• Ensuring purchasing activity follows correct processes and procedures.
• Supporting end-to-end purchase-to-pay processes including invoices and payments.
• Dealing with invoice queries and ensuring timely payments.
• Maintaining accurate records and effective control systems.
• Providing excellent customer service to internal teams.

Skills

IT skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Customer service

Verbal reasoning

Numerical reasoning

Organisational skills

SAP experience

Tools

SAP

Job description

Peterborough | £13.42 per hour | Temporary initially, with potential to go permanent

Are you organised, confident with systems and looking to build your experience within procurement and purchasing?

We're currently recruiting for a Procurement Coordinator to join a busy team in Peterborough. This is a temporary position for an initial 12 weeks, with the potential for the role to become permanent for the right person.

The role

As Procurement Coordinator, you'll play an important role in supporting the purchasing process from requisition through to payment. You'll work closely with internal teams, suppliers and finance to make sure orders, invoices and payments are processed accurately and on time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Raising purchase requisitions and converting these into purchase orders using SAP
• Ensuring purchasing activity follows the correct processes and procedures
• Supporting colleagues with order management and the end-to-end purchase-to-pay process
• Dealing with invoice queries promptly and following the correct process where issues arise
• Completing goods receipting and service entries to ensure invoices can be paid on time
• Maintaining accurate records and effective control systems
• Managing a busy workload while meeting deadlines
• Providing excellent customer service and support to internal teams

What we're looking for

You don't necessarily need previous procurement experience - we're looking for someone who is organised, reliable and confident working with systems.

You'll ideally have:

• Good IT and communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• The ability to manage a high-volume workload and work to deadlines
• Good customer service skills
• Strong verbal and numerical reasoning skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• The ability to maintain accurate records and control systems
• SAP experience is desirable, but full training will be provided

Working hours & location

• 37 hours per week
• Monday to Friday
• £13.42 per hour
• Temporary for an initial 12 weeks
• Potential to become permanent
• Based from home 4 days per week
• 1 day per week in the Peterborough office
• First week: Training will take place at the Huntingdon office, with travel requirements discussed at interview

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