Total 179 purchasing procurement inventory job vacancies in cornwall south west england

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

This position utilizes knowledge of policies and procedures for delivery orders and small purchases and knowledge of commercial supply sources and common business practices related to sales, prices, discounts, units of measurement, deliveries, stocks, and shipments. The Purchasing Agent maintains responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems that support the full range of programs and activities.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and,
• Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists, other service line contacts, and contracting officers as appropriate for the purposes of auditing documents, processing receiving reports, and payments.; conducting open market research and sole source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements; and,
• Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Duties:

This position utilizes knowledge of policies and procedures for delivery orders and small purchases and knowledge of commercial supply sources and common business practices related to sales, prices, discounts, units of measurement, deliveries, stocks, and shipments. The Purchasing Agent maintains responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems that support the full range of programs and activities. Major duties and responsibilities include:

· Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and,

· Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists, other service line contacts, and contracting officers as appropriate for the purposes of auditing documents, processing receiving reports, and payments.; conducting open market research and sole source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements; and,

· Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility.

· Performs other related duties as assigned.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Lifecycle Management: Responsible for the lifecycle management of non-expendable assets; conducts short, mid and long-term advanced planning; analyzes data; supports customers and acquisition personnel in developing requirements, utilizing mandatory sources and standardization sources; and corresponds with procurement officials and other stakeholders to resolve issues
• Inventory Management and Control: Responsible for the management and control of NX equipment assets; serves as the point of contact for the coordination of material support and resolution of logistic problems; conducts forecasting and quantitative analysis; conducts spot checks; and complies with special requirements for firearms, ammunition and sensitive equipment
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Temporary Accommodation Procurement Manager needed in West London Paying £274.38 per day Ref 005238

Full time hrs on a temporary basis

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing procurement and temporary accommodation teams to deliver well-maintained, suitable accommodations

• Overseeing all forms of temporary accommodation, ensuring health and safety compliance

• Developing relationships with stakeholders and property providers to meet accommodation demand

• Deputising for the Property & Place Manager and other Housing Solutions managers

• Direct line management of staff, ensuring service levels and support

• Maintaining high standards of customer service and resolving complaints

• Promoting diversity, inclusion, and effective communication with stakeholders

• Meeting key performance indicators for procurement and management

• Managing and responding to enquiries and complaints within set timescales

• Staying updated on relevant housing legislation and policies

• Ensuring value for money and a commercial approach to service delivery

• Preventing homelessness by providing good quality private rented accommodation

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

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- Process Request and Coordinating with other departments for all goods and services
- Identify suppliers of goods and services
- Work closely with the team to understand details of procurement requirements
- Purchase goods or services that meet the quantity and quality expectations of the organization
- Compare available goods / services across suppliers to determine appropriate pricing and lead time supply
- Negotiate terms with suppliers such as price, quality of goods, deadlines, expectations, etc.
- Liaise with suppliers and internal departments regarding updates and details of goods / services
- Create purchase orders as agreed with supply requests and orders
- Evaluate and negotiate contracts with vendors
- Received and coordinating goods / services delivery
- Monitoring invoices received to ensure accuracy of goods / services delivered
- Regular coordination meetings with the legal department to ensure any contractual obligations are favourable to the company
- Managing and maintaining contracts with vendors
- Negotiating and drafting contract terms and conditions
- Ensuring compliance with all related laws , tax and regulations
- Analyzing and evaluating supplier performance
- Managing daily, monthly and quarterly reports
- Developing and maintaining supplier relationships
- Support direct Supervisor/Head Division/Team/Committee in terms of the work to its ad-hoc/project based

- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or related field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in procurement
- Strong understanding of business processes procurement
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good negotiation skills
- Attention to detail & have strong analytical skills
- Good multitasking skills
- Ability to work in a team or independently
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Capital market sharing session
• Self development program
• Health insurance benefits
• Well being and counselling program

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Government Purchase Card Program Coordinator. Provide guidance, training, coordination and oversight based on a comprehensive knowledge of Army and Federal procurement at and below simplified acquisition threshold, primarily at the micro-purchase level.

1. Serves as the Government Purchase Card (GPC) Level 4 Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC) for the designated Contracting Office. The incumbent is designated to manage the day-to-day operations; implementing and administering the GPC program; establishing local policy and guidance; conducting training and monitoring GPC use; and providing oversight and administration.

2. Organize and provide training locally and/or remotely to GPC stakeholders for the GPC program as well as expanded authority training. Coordinates with Resource Managers, Financial Personnel, Logisticians, and other GPC Stakeholders as require providing additional training and guidance in relation to the GPC Program.

3. Conducts surveillance of A/BOs and CHs accounts through the use of the Data Mining Oversight and Surveillance System to ensure compliance with Public Law and policy. Evaluates A/BOs and CHs performance during surveillance reviews, directs remedial training as necessary, initiates account suspensions, removal from program, and recommends disciplinary actions to chain of command based on findings.

4. Utilizes the prescribed system to nominate, approve, appoint, retain and terminate all GPC roles and functions.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Purchasing Data Quality Support Assistant, Leeds

Working hours 9am till 5pm Monday to Friday
We will consider flexible working arrangements

Temporary contract - 3 months

Start Date - ASAP

We will consider flexible working arrangements
Overview of the Role
You will provide a professional administrative service supporting the data cleansing activities of the CPS Programme for the Purchasing work stream. Working with colleagues and suppliers, you will ensure that the master data is accurate, complete and consistent to enable a seamless migration to a new ERP solution. You will have a proactive approach to problem solving, helping to resolve purchasing and invoice queries and will work with the SAP purchasing system (P2P) and other in-house procurement systems entering information and generating reports. You will be self-motivated and resourceful with excellent communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of people and as part of a team. You will have strong numeracy and literacy and IT skills and be willing to undertake any training required that is relevant to your role.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
* Experience of working in an office/administrative environment;
* Excellent attention to detail;
* The ability to work to tight deadlines;
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to resolve complex queries;
* Evidence of high level of proficiency with IT, particularly in the use of Microsoft based applications;
* Evidence of effective time-management and organisational skills;
* Excellent communication skills with an ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels;
* Evidence of self-motivation and resourcefulness whilst maintaining an ability to work as part of a team;
* Experience of dealing with confidential information.

Additional Experience
* Previous experience with SAP P2P systems or equivalent ERP solutions;
* Experience of public sector administrative procedures;
* Familiarity of working within a procurement environment and with relevant
procurement/finance terminology and processes.

What does the role entail?
* Resolving blocked invoice queries using SAP MRBR and ZMIR5 reporting
* Generating standard SAP reports and extracting master data
* Assisting with the correction of vendor records
* Liaising with suppliers to obtain company information to ensure the
completeness of vendor records
* Supporting the closure of completed purchase orders and identifying any
remediation required to maintain the GR/IR account
* Ensuring open purchase requisitions are approved or closed as required to maintain data quality
* Building up a network of staff contacts, liaising to discuss mutual problems and working to devise solutions which may be adopted as best practise
* Maintaining records and files to an auditable standard

Qualifications and Skills
Essential:
* Knowledge of SAP ERP System;
* Familiarity with working in a small team managing purchasing issues &
questions, working on your own initiative, good communicator and have the
ability to network across the organisation both internally and with external
suppliers;
* Accuracy of data entry into an ERP System;
* Ability to rectify master data corrections in a timely manner with an audit trail embedded;
* Good IT Skills and use of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, teams, MS
Office);
* Ability to maintain good working relationships both internally and externally;
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to resolve complex queries;
* A willingness to undertake required training courses: procurement-related SAP training is mandatory.

Desirable:
* Good understanding of Purchase to Pay Cycle;
* Understand of the Operational transaction within purchasing;

Senior Solicitor/Lawyer needed in Bournemouth

The rate is paying up to £31.29ph Umbrerlla

This is a temporary role

The reference number is: 5257696

The successful candidate will be working Hybrid and will attend hearings in Bournemouth County Court.

- Local Government Contracts and Procurement Advice knowledge

Due to high volumes of CVs received, we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to Beth@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

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