Senior Procurement Coordinator FTC 12 Months

Our client are seeking a Procurement Coordinator to provide subject matter expert support for business purchasing activities managed within the Finance and Procurement functions.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring adherence to procurement practices, financial controls & governance guidance, whilst fostering stakeholder & supplier relationships, and contributing to the overall success of the organization.

This role offers a unique opportunity to drive vendor governance initiatives within a dynamic telecommunications company, contributing to operational excellence and regulatory compliance.

• Offering guidance and support to PO requestors, ensuring accuracy of coding and details on all purchase orders and that orders are raised against and within the relevant budget.
• Providing training to new users for PO requests and co-ordinating purchase order requests placed by various departments, including maintaining & sharing approved supplier listings.
• Actively engaging with and managing stakeholders to ensure best practice processes are followed.
• Acting as subject matter expert for all purchase order processes and communicating policy and process update changes as they occur.
• Ensuring that for large purchases or where commercial contracts are in place, requests are reviewed by procurement to leverage best possible discounts, encouraging 'intelligent buying'.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business stakeholders from all departments to ensure alignment with company policies, guidelines and standards.
• Checking purchase orders follow the relevant workflows in accordance with company approval and authorisation policies and the delegation of approval matrix.
• Managing PO workflow settings to ensure they accurately reflect the current business structure, including updates to delegations and personnel changes as they occur.
• Raising workflow or technical queries where appropriate and ensuring resolutions are applied.
• Providing purchase analysis reports for supplier spend and order KPI's.
• Co-ordinate with Procurement Team on vendor set-up and supplier master data management
• Support best practice processes for vendor due diligence and governance in accordance with OFCOM regulations, the Telecommunications Security Act and other relevant legislation.
• Provide support for the adoption of Gatekeeper on-boarding portal for streamlined vendor and contract management processes.
• Support a comprehensive review and rationalization of the supplier base to optimize operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Contribute to the development of a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of open collaboration, communication, resilience, and service excellence.

Please apply today!