Procurement Administrator

About the role

We’re looking for a Procurement Administrator to join our team in Helensburgh.  You’ll be assisting in Subcontract and Supply Chain Management duties, including the administering of Subcontracts which are typically of a strategic value with critical schedules involving levels of complexity and contract change activity.  This role benefits from our 9/75 working pattern, giving you every other Friday off, plus hybrid working with typically 3 days a week onsite.

The position responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Daily and proactive monitoring of the procurement mailbox and procurement tracker
• Raising of Purchase Orders, Blanket Purchase Orders and review of Purchase Order commitment and remaining balances
• Assist with subcontractor and vendor engagement to gain best commercial advantage.
• Ensures Terms and Conditions compliance including flow down of prime contract commercial requirements to suppliers
• Make recommendations to Procurement Lead and Commercial Officer (as appropriate) in regard to the outcome of the selection process, including identification of any risks or alternatives associated with the selection of Subcontracts.  
• Provide assistance to Procurement Lead as directed in support of the management of Subcontracts.
• Gain a basic knowledge of the types of Contracts and a commercial knowledge and understanding of Supply Chain Management
• Perform administration activities in support of Supply Chain Management and Commercial outputs.
• Provide Procurement Support to Capital spend projects in the Space domain

The successful candidate must achieve the appropriate level (SC) of security clearance. More details can be found here.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Proven experience as an Administrator, with Procurement or Finance experience
• Good analytical skills with an aptitude for learning new skills
• Have a high level of competency of MS Office applications in particular proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Be a confident and strong communicator that is pro-active in their approach to delivering their outputs.
• An ability to perform multiple administration tasks and prioritise when necessary
• Have experience of working with SAP and P2P software packages

Desired Skills

• Have a working knowledge of Procurement processes