Procurement Assistant

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a Procurement Assistant to provide administrative support in procurement activities. The successful candidate will manage supplier communications, support category management, and ensure procurement strategy objectives are met. Strong communication and collaborative skills are essential for this role, which offers hybrid working with both office and home-based days.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of key supply chains categories.
• Experience in a supply chain or customer service role.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day category management and supplier communication.
• Manage supplier product and price file updates.
• Work on supplier review meetings and follow up actions.
• Provide updates on supplier performance.
• Support procurement enquiries across homes and operations.
• Assist with data analysis for procurement activities.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Collaborative work ability

Understanding of supply chains

Job description

Barchester’s procurement team have a new opportunity for a Procurement Assistant to join the Barchester family. Offering hybrid working, with 3 days in our established Warrington office and 2 days working from home.

To provide a high level of administrative procurement support that will ensure all objectives for Barchester Healthcare’s Procurement strategy are met or exceeded. To manage the supply chain performance of categories and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements. Provide procurement support to all internal departments and all homes and hospitals in the estate.

Duties & responsibilities:

• Will support the procurement team with the day to day support on category management and supplier communication
• Manage supplier product and price file updates and communicate changes internally and centrally within any systems needed
• Work closely with any S2P systems team updating on pricing and supplier changes
• Arrange and attend supplier review meetings and follow up actions to completion
• Provide regular updates on supplier performance to the supplier performance manager
• Support all homes and operational functions with procurement enquiries
• Support Procurement team with data analysis
• Sending surveys to homes and reporting on results
• Support Procurement activity within the department including tenders and the wider supplier selection and strategy
• Manage supplier relationships and include internal stakeholders and other functions as and when required

Required experience and qualifications:

• Comprehensive understanding of key supply chains categories
• Previous experience of working in a supply chain role and/or customer service role
• Strong communication skills
• Confident working collaboratively and able to build good rapport and relationships

If you’d like to use your supply chain experience and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is an empowering and rewarding place to be.