Procurement - Support Specialist
Job Description:

QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

The Procurement Support Specialist must have the following skills and experience:

• Two years experience of working in a customer service environment, preferably within a Procurement Team.
• Effective communication at all levels with good interpersonal skills
• The ability to create strong supporting relationships with Procurement colleagues and internal customers.
• A strong customer service ethic including the ability to influence our stakeholders in sometimes challenging circumstances
• Proven numeracy skills with attention to detail essential
• The ability to analyse data and use problem solving techniques to determine the best course of action
• The ability to manage your own workload to a consistently high standard and to promote teamwork with the wider Procurement function.

The Procurement Support Specialist is a new role based in Manchester (Bupa Place) and will be required to provide the following support services:

• Advice and guidance to Procurement colleagues, internal stakeholders and external customers to navigate them through the Procurement process
• Maintain and suggest improvements using data and or feedback from our customers
• Monitor and validate Procurement data to ensure the most appropriate processes are followed and efficiently used across our Business Units
• Record and report all reported problems and issues encountered during procurement activity together with the resolution and follow-up actions.
• Provide support to suppliers in complying with contractual requirements, SLAs etc where requested
• Process and support general administrative duties - whilst ensuring accuracy
• Regularly build and distribute key KPI reports and produce monthly reports as agreed with the Procurement Leadership Team.
• Ability to support regular sessions with senior Procurement leadershi

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discount