Purchasing & Systems Administrator
Eurofins
Purchasing & Systems Administrator
Salary Not Specified
Eurofins, Wolverhampton
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 3 weeks ago, 24 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: b0cf9d08975a40fc8fa89ae3945f8421
Full Job Description
- To provide purchasing services to the UK Eurofins businesses as part of a centralised purchasing department.
- Receive and process purchase requisitions accurately and efficiently in line with company and departmental policy, processes, and procedures
- Obtain quotes, negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, escalating as appropriate.
- Field enquiries and requests from internal customers and external suppliers via email, ticketing system and phone.
- To be the face for the internal customer to manage all purchasing related activities for a defined scope of responsibility.
- Deliver savings and other value-in-use benefits to Eurofins.
- Manage the process for onboarding new suppliers to Eurofins in line with company policy and procedures.
- To administer Eurofins Purchasing systems, namely COUPA and ServiceNow.
- Support internal customers with correct use of our purchasing system.
- Create & train new COUPA users (including approval flows). Proactively share knowledge and best practices with colleagues across the UK.
- Maintain system records and purchasing databases for accurate pricing and supplier data.
Proven experience of working in an administrative role within Purchasing. - Good standard of Maths and English.
- Organised and able to multi-task.
- A customer focused approach to meet the business needs and align on priorities.
- Ability to work independently, prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
- Strong negotiation and analytical skills.
- Analytical approach to problem solving.
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written).
- Team player who can work well under pressure.
- Possesses a 'can-do attitude and has a passion to succeed.
- Good knowledge of purchasing systems and procedures.
- Computer literate
Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. - Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay Scheme
- Company Pension Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential support.
- Free car parking
- Worldwide career opportunities
- Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday - there's something to suit everyone's lifestyle.
Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies., We support your development! Do you feel you don't match 100% of the requirements? Don't hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com
At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
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