Procurement Administrator

An exciting opportunity for a procurement administrator has arisen with my client expanding Defence Company near Poole. Candidates will be required to undergo security clearance to SC (prior to appointment)

- Accepting and editing purchase requests from various departments
- Corresponding with suppliers for quotations
- Preparing purchase orders in SAP and send to suppliers
- Reducing costs through negotiations via phone or visit
- Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary
- Checking order acknowledgements and delivery dates
- Respond to internal customer inquiries about order status, changes or cancellations
- Contact dedicated suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries and other problems
- Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogues and the Internet and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered
- Liaise with project and site managers in line with their procurement needs

Skills/Experience

- Experience within procurement is desirable
- Competent and accurate data entry
- Excellent telephone manner
- Team player and also has the initiative to work independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to negotiate at routine levels with suppliers
- Good IT skills ( Excel, Powerpoint, SAP)
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to develop positive relationships with others (internal/external)