The Procurement Assistant will support the activities of the procurement function, ensuring the effective delivery of the team’s strategies and full compliance with procurement policies and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Issuing Purchase Orders in a timely fashion, ensuring Purchase Orders contain correct contract rates and refer to correct contract terms.
• Ensuring the purchasing process follows fully auditable trail, attaching all relevant documentation / correspondence to purchasing records in system.
• Assisting with data inputting activities.
• Assisting with invoice queries.
• Maintains good housekeeping of the system.
• Liaising with Contracts Specialist for orders over £100,000 to ensure relevant Purchase Orders are placed in accordance with agreed contracts.
• Ensuring all specific contract related issues are referred to the appropriate Contracts Specialist in a timely fashion.
• Liaising with all internal departments to ensure an efficient end-to-end process is in place for supply chain matters.
• Assists Contracts Manager, Contracts Lead and Procurement Supervisor when required.

Applicants to this role should offer previous experience in a similar role (Assistant Buyer) within the UK oil & gas industry, preferably within an Operator environment. You should have experience of procurement systems (SAP/Oracle/Maximo or similar) and excellent communication skills.