Southampton Contract Data Specialist – e-Procurement

Essential Employment; Southampton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is seeking a Contract Support Officer in Southampton on a temporary contract. The role focuses on supporting a new e-procurement and contract management system, ensuring contract and supplier data are accurate and ready for migration.

The ideal candidate will have strong Excel skills (filters, lookups, pivots), experience cleansing and reconciling data, and the ability to manage logs, reports and SharePoint data. Public sector procurement knowledge is a plus.

Qualifications

• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills with filters, lookups and pivot tables.
• Experience cleansing, validating and reconciling data.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience with contract management or procurement systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of a new e-procurement and contract management system.
• Ensure contract and supplier data are accurate, complete and migration-ready.
• Maintain logs and registers and support testing activities.
• Explain processes and systems to colleagues with varying technical knowledge.

Skills

Excel

Data cleansing

Data reconciliation

Reporting

Tools

SharePoint

Power BI

Unit4 Business World

Job description

Essential Employment is seeking a Contract Support Officer in Southampton on a temporary contract. The role focuses on supporting a new e-procurement and contract management system, ensuring contract and supplier data are accurate and ready for migration.

The ideal candidate will have strong Excel skills (filters, lookups, pivots), experience cleansing and reconciling data, and the ability to manage logs, reports and SharePoint data. Public sector procurement knowledge is a plus.