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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.

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