Procurement Coordinator

Kier Group; Rushden; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and infrastructure company seeks a Procurement Coordinator in Rushden. The role involves supporting procurement services, managing inquiries, and ensuring quality service delivery. Candidates must have excellent customer service skills and experience using systems like Oracle. The position offers hybrid working options, requiring 1-2 days a week in the office, and emphasizes adaptability and proactivity.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Wide variety of benefits

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills are required.
• Organisational skills and attention to detail are important.
• Must be adaptable and enjoy team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage ticket requests and triage to appropriate teams.
• Support buying teams with purchase orders and card queries.
• Coordinate utility connections and supplier portal activities.
• Assist stakeholders with procurement queries and system guidance.
• Support supplier engagement, training, and site visits.

Skills

Excellent customer service skills

Organised and detail-oriented

Confidence using Oracle, Causeway, and Tradex

Adaptable and proactive

Job description

Overview

We\'re looking for a Procurement Coordinator to join our Procurement Shared Service Centre team based in Rushden.

Location: Rushden - hybrid working available, with 1-2 days per week required in the office

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - typically 8:00am-4:30pm with 1 hour for lunch - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Responsibilities

As a Procurement Coordinator, you\'ll be working within the Procurement Shared Service Centre team, supporting them in delivering a quality procurement service to Kier stakeholders and acting as the first point of contact for procurement enquiries.

• Managing ticket requests and triaging to appropriate teams
• Supporting buying teams with purchase orders and purchasing card queries
• Coordinating utility connections/disconnections and supplier portal activities
• Assisting stakeholders with procurement queries and system guidance
• Supporting supplier engagement, training, and site visits

What are we looking for?

This role of Procurement Coordinator is great for you if:

• You have excellent customer service and communication skills
• You're organised, detail-oriented, and confident using systems like Oracle, Causeway, and Tradex
• You're adaptable, proactive, and enjoy working both independently and as part of a team

We\'re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don\'t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We\'re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We\'re proud of the steps we\'ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\'s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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