Junior Procurement Specialist

PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST

Job Summary

As a Procurement Specialist for Trustmarque you will perform a vital role in managing our relationships with our supply base, working in partnership with them to ensure the best value for our customers. You will be the main point of contact for your assigned suppliers and will be required to take ownership of managing commercial agreements, resolving disputes and promoting your supplier’s product set to the business.

Supporting the wider business with any internal procurement requirements – sourcing products, supplier selection and onboarding and raising orders will also be expected within your role.

What you’ll be doing:​

• Creating and maintaining relationships with your assigned suppliers
• Ongoing monitoring of supplier performance and compliance
• Negotiating commercial agreements and supply contracts
• Maintaining accurate purchase records
• Onboarding new suppliers, ensuring compliance to our policies and procedures
• Providing support to our Bids function in responding to tender submissions
• Assisting the wider business with sourcing, supplier selection and ordering for internal purchases
• Maintaining data accuracy and providing reporting on key supplier metrics

Here's what we're looking for:

• Be able to build and maintain relationships with multiple contacts at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work well with management and colleagues at all levels.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Attention to detail with proven ability to analyse data and act based on the output.
• Maintain high activity levels with a high degree of accuracy.
• See tasks through to completion and within agreed timescales.
• Can collate/present information clearly and effectively.
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills.

Desirable:

• Experience using CRM and ERP systems.
• An understanding of the basic order process covering Purchase Orders, Invoices and Credit notes.
• Experience within an IT reseller.
• A strong desire to question existing process and seek continual improvements.

You will live and breathe our values - commitment, collaboration, inclusion, innovation, and inspiration.

Join us and make Trustmarque the place where everyone feels like they belong and thrive.

Benefits

We offer competitive pay, 25 days holiday (rising to 27), 2 volunteering days, 1 personal day, plus bank holidays. We also provide a substantial benefits package which includes a company-matched pension, life assurance, enhanced parental leave policies, the option to buy extra leave, a cycle2work scheme and more.

About Trustmarque

Delvering the value of technology…

Technology changes everything. That’s why for over three decades, Trustmarque has been a trusted partner to customers and technology vendors. Our trusted advice and technical know-how, helps our customers to acquire and adopt innovative technology to deliver real-life impact. We are part of the Trustmarque Group, including Livingstone Technologies.

To learn more about the business, our services and what it is like to work with us please look at https://www.trustmarque.com/about-us/

Trustmarque is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the customers and end-users we serve, creating a culture of belonging and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, expecting or parents-to-be, consistent with legal requirements or any other basis protected by law.