Procurement Assistant - PIB Group : Job Details

The Role: The role of the Procurement Assistant is responsible for providing indirect procurement management support to the Procurement Manager, across a range of categories to drive efficiencies and maximise value for the business. Responsibilities: Responsibilities include helping to shape the current procurement strategy and the implementation of a new contract register to improve controls and oversight. Initially this will be a UK based role however in time the successful candidate will have the opportunity to engage with our global offices across Europe.Experience:

• Studying towards CIPS or equivalent qualification is preferred but not essential.
• Demonstrate experience of managing key supplier relationship by conducting supplier review meetings to drive value added.
• Excellent communication skills and a good command in both verbal & written English.
• Strong problem solving, negotiation, presentation and organisational skills.
• Experienced working with Excel and Word.

Candidate:

• Building strong relationships with key business partners. Managing the needs and expectations of the business to drive satisfaction while ensuring compliance to procurement standards and alignment with procurement strategies.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to understand their procurement needs and assist in supplier evaluations and vendor tenders to ensure our services remains competitive, and of high quality and compliance.
• Stay abreast of market trends to assist the stakeholders in their existing needs and provide new ideas to drive innovation and efficiencies.
• Conduct supplier review meetings to build relationships, review and analyse data to drive performance management, and implement improvement plans when needed.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of the relevant industrial and global/regional procurement best practices.

Further informationAs well as a competitive salary we offer the following benefits -

• Competitive holiday allowance with the annual option to buy additional days 
• Death in Service benefit of x4 salary
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave packages
• A flexible benefits package which allows you to add additional benefits to your overall package
• Our benefits portal offers discounts on technology & electronics, cinemas, restaurants, days out, mortgage advice, travel and many more
• Referral schemes 
• Discounted rates on PIB products
• We offer a first-class employee benefits and welfare package to support our employees with financial management, cycle to work scheme, counselling support, health screening, will writing, menopause support, books, stopping smoking and much more
• If supporting the local community, engaging with charities and having the opportunity to ‘give something back’ interests you, you have the opportunity to take an extra day to support this with a Volunteering day.
• We also offer a wide range of discounts including a kids pass – giving you discount to over 4500 attractions and activities, discounts at hairdressers and beauticians, climate change projects with lots of other options to choose
• PIB has a comprehensive learning & development framework, including professional study options and apprenticeships which are available to all employees, and which will support your career development
• Being a part of our PIB Community Trust, we support fundraising where you can apply for grants from PIB Group towards your chosen charity
• PIB Group are committed to improving their environmental impact in a responsible way. From the individual actions that our colleagues take every day through to installing the right facilities across our premises, there are many measures in place to help reduce PIB’s carbon footprint.

We are proud of our success and growth and have been recognised for many industry awards across our business.  If you wish to work for a company that truly puts people at the heart of their organisation, then we would love to hear from you.  PIB operates a flexible working policy, and our management teams will talk to you about how that would meet both your flexible working needs and those of the business and role you are applying for. We would love to hear from you if you want to hear more about opportunities in PIB. We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.REF-216 951