Project Management Assistant (Procurement/Finance, Engineering)

Project Management Assistant – Procurement/Finance/Engineering

6 Month Contract

Based in Woking, Surrey

Role Overview:

• Our Client is seeking a Project Assistant on a six-month contract to support the Product Development function in managing and reducing its open purchase order position.
• It is a highly organised, high-volume administrative and coordination role with a great deal of direct contact across Engineering and Procurement, and it suits someone who is comfortable chasing, following up and holding people to commitments in a professional and constructive way.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience in a project support, project assistant, procurement administration or finance administration role, ideally in an engineering, automotive or other complex manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of the purchase order lifecycle, including requisitions, purchase order approval, goods receipting and commitment accounting.
• Practical experience of an ERP system, with SAP ECC or S/4HANA a distinct advantage.
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups and the ability to reconcile large data extracts accurately from one day to the next.
• Familiarity with Power BI reporting, or the confidence to become proficient quickly.
• Excellent written communication and the persistence to chase busy engineers and buyers politely, clearly and repeatedly until a line is closed out.
• Meticulous attention to detail, strong personal organisation, and the discipline to work a large list methodically every day.

Excellent Opportunity with immediate starts available.