Procurement Assistant/Buyer

To provide a procurement service for the Site Operations team.

To action site requirements in a timely & cost effective manner in accordance with Company work instructions. Providing site with specifications and product/service information as required.

Key Tasks & Responsibillities

• The key function of the role will be to support, liaise, and negotiate by telephone, with other departments, sites and external suppliers. Other key tasks include:
• Process general purchase orders (requisitions - quotations - negotiations - terms and conditions purchase orders).Process external Plant Hire purchase orders.
• Process external Plant Hire damage and loss queries.
• Order external transport, in liaison with depot/site requirements.
• Set up supply chain accounts and payment terms (with suppliers and subcontractors).
• Supply Chain database management - documentation, certification, approvals, vetting, ratings, compliance, KPI performance reporting.
• General Admin duties - filing, faxing, typing, photocopying, scanning, binding/producing reports and documents, working with spreadsheets and data entry.
• Adhere to Work Procedures and to consult more important decisions or discuss suggestions with an appropriate person.
• Ensure the Company’s core values are embedded in all decisions made and shape your behaviour.
  
  

This role will involve working with the operational team at Sizewell.

• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft office, database maintenance and reporting.
• Good understanding of written English and good standard of letter writing.
• Workload varies from general routine jobs to tasks carrying responsibility and requiring good planning and organisation, use of one's own initiative, good knowledge and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good customer-service focus and a professional approach.
• Essential to provide support to others as and when required, therefore flexibility and good organisation necessary.
• Enthusiastic to work within a small dedicated team within a larger specialist ground engineering company.
• Flexibility to carry out duties not part of their normal remit in the interests of the team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Positive outlook and a ‘can do’ approach.
• Both a team player and able to work alone.
• Outgoing and Friendly.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Pays attention to the detail.
  
  

Why us?

When you join the world’s largest specialist geotechnical contractor, you’re part of an international community of over 10,000 experts, based in 31 countries around the world. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to prestigious, ground-breaking projects, using the very latest tools and technology to solve complex problems, constantly learn new skills and take your career in any direction.

Bachy Soletanche is committed to equal opportunities in employment with the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief and pregnancy/maternity.