Procurement Officer

Procurement Officer (6 Month Contract) - Leeds (Hybrid) – c£40,000

Elevation Recruitment Group is proud to be supporting a global speciality insurance provider in Leeds that is looking to recruit a Procurement Officer to support their business on a 6-month temporary basis.

This role will suit someone with advanced Excel skills and a strong analytical flair.

Working Hours / Benefits:

• Flexible hybrid working (work from home Mondays & Fridays)
• 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday
• Enhanced annual leave
• The chance to work within a well-established procurement function at a global organisation
• Exposure to the full procure to pay process, with genuine variety across mailbox management, invoice queries, supplier onboarding and PO management

Procurement Officer duties:

• Acting as the first point of contact for the procurement shared mailbox, assessing and allocating queries to the right team member
• Investigating and resolving supplier and internal invoice queries, liaising closely with Accounts Payable and maintaining the Invoices on Hold Tracker
• Supporting supplier onboarding, including documentation, data collection and maintaining the Supplier Onboarding Tracker
• Raising Purchase Orders on behalf of internal requesters, including renewal POs and closing obsolete ones
• Providing day-to-day procurement support to internal stakeholders on processes, suppliers and systems
• Assisting with procurement projects and process improvement initiatives as required

The Person

• Previous experience within a similar Procurement Officer role
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks and prioritising a varied workload
• A customer-focused approach, with the confidence to communicate with stakeholders at all levels
• Experience with ERP or MRP systems such as Oracle or SAP would be an advantage

About Elevation

Elevation Recruitment Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy that helps people build long-term, successful careers. We work across a wide range of industries and disciplines with a focus on making recruitment feel more human, more honest and more effective. We are specialists in every function and experts in every hire. Check out our website to find out more.