Procurement Assistant

Procurement Assistant County Durham Permanent Jackson Hogg Procurement and Supply Chain division are delighted to be supporting an organisation in County Durham on the appointment of a Procurement Assistant to join their small, close-knit team. This is a full time and permanent role that can offer a competitive salary. We are open to candidates without procurement experience but who have good administration and computer skills, a graduate seeking their first role or someone with some procurement/purchasing knowledge. The Role: To ensure appropriate elements of the electronic purchase ordering gateway are dealt with efficiently and effectively across various order types, including development projects, overheads, construction and operations. To co-ordinate the pre-qualification and vendor due diligence process of both new and existing suppliers through to conclusion and to liaise with finance, health and safety, and technical co-ordinators for their input into the assessment. To assist with the assessment of suppliers. To assist with the completion of appointments and contract variations, ensuring they are issued to suppliers / consultants in a timely manner and tracked. To ensure appointments and contract variations are signed appropriately, and hard copy documents and electronic copies are filed off accordingly whilst unsigned contracts and variations are expedited regularly and reconciled to a purchase order. To assist with the co-ordination of tendering exercises, ..... full job details .....