procurement officer

12-Month Fixed Term Contract (Potential to Become Permanent) Up to £20 per hour Hybrid (2 days office / 3 days home) or Fully remote Start Date: Week Commencing 21st

About the Role

Our client is seeking a proactive and highly organised Procurement Operations Officer to join their global Procurement Operations team on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with the potential to become a permanent position.

Reporting directly to the Procurement Operations Manager, you will play a key role in supporting procurement activities across the European region while working closely with colleagues across the global team. This is a fast-paced role that combines procurement administration, stakeholder management and process coordination within a collaborative global team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and manage purchase requisitions and purchase orders within SAP.
• Process goods receipts and ensure procurement transactions are completed accurately.
• Monitor and manage a shared procurement inbox, ensuring all queries are responded to within established SLAs.
• Review invoices within SAP and validate that purchase orders and goods receipts are in place.
• Liaise with stakeholders across multiple international locations to resolve procurement queries.
• Proactively follow up with stakeholders to ensure goods and services are receipted correctly and in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate procurement records and system data.
• Support the transition of procurement processes being brought in-house from other areas of the business.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and promote adherence to procurement processes.
• Escalate and resolve procurement-related issues where required.

About You

We are looking for a motivated and confident individual who is comfortable working independently in a remote or hybrid environment while engaging with stakeholders worldwide.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in a procurement, purchasing, supply chain or procurement operations role beneficial not essential
• Experience creating purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
• Working knowledge of SAP highly desirable but not essential
• Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively to deadlines.
• Comfortable working with global teams across different time zones.
• Quick to learn new systems and processes.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work remotely and manage workloads independently.

Desirable Skills

• Italian language skills.
• Experience working within a shared services or global procurement environment.
• Exposure to invoice validation and goods receipting processes.