Procurement Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - boohoo group

boohoo group

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

From our humble beginnings in 2006 with just three team members, we've blossomed into a powerhouse evolving into a multi-brand, Ecommerce giant with offices worldwide and a passionate team of over 4,000, our momentum knows no bounds.

In the past year alone, we've achieved remarkable milestones:
automating our Sheffield DC, launching our US warehouse, and initiating our tech re-platforming. With a new CFO driving financial excellence and a customer-first approach, we're investing heavily for exponential growth.

Ready to be part of our extraordinary evolution? We're seeking a dynamic procurement manager to join us in shaping the future of fashion as we continue our relentless pursuit of innovation and success.

Your Role

As our Procurement Assistant you will assist the Procurement team with cost modelling, market index analysis and reporting and cost comparison along with general assistant responsibilities such as maintaining our contract database.

Skilled in Excel and comfortable with different analysis and reporting platforms such as Power BI, you will support the Head of Procurement in modernising and managing the contract database and spend analysis as well as the tracking and visualisation of KPI performance.

Reporting directly into the Head of Procurement with a dotted line into the rest of the team, you will maintain the quality of the groups data whilst support with producing internal presentations and supporting ad-hoc reporting and analysis activities during cost reviews and tenders.

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

Responsible for acquiring and reviewing data used in contract database i.e spend reports.
Review, analyse and report on costs relating to our GNFR spend
Facilitate and support the team in their validation, collation and visualisation of procurement metrics such as monthly savings, payment terms
Assist with preparation of data for use at monthly business meetings
Manage the gathering and publishing of key market insights and benchmarks such as commodity and freight prices.
Support the Head of Procurement with adhoc administration, data and presentation producing activities
Support the travel needs of the business with adhoc day to day travel queries/organisation
Future responsibilities (if wished but not mandatory) in transactional buying and procurement activities as career development.

Your Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Skilled and comfortable in Excel including advanced formulas, lookups, graphs, model building
Intermediate-Advanced alternative MS Office skills (Word/PowerPoint)
Comfortable in helping to drive change and improvement
Experienced in an admin/data analyst role
Desired power BI experience or similar data and reporting software
Welldeveloped written and verbal communication skills
Creative in solving problems and passionate about continuing to innovate
Can work well under pressure and analyse large data sets
Strong numerical and analytical skill set
Close attention to detail
Ability to manage time to meet deadlines and time frames