Procurement administrator Location: Craigavon
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday-Friday with core hours 10:00-16:00 Salary: Competitive
Business Unit: Diagnostics
Open To: Internal & External Applicants
Ref No.: HRJOB10305
The Role ****Please note this role is a 12 month fixed term position for maternity cover** The Supply and Procurement team are responsible for identifying and procuring specialist genomic products for use in biomarker driven assays, to support discovery, development and delivery of clinical testing.
The responsibilities include ordering lab reagents, consumables, and equipment, ensuring timely delivery by liaising with suppliers and internal departments, and identifying alternative products when necessary.
The role involves supporting procurement for genomic products, negotiating pricing, and ensuring cost-effective and timely supply.
Effective communication with suppliers about new and existing products is crucial.
Additionally, the role includes managing RFIs/Tenders, tracking expenditure and savings, monitoring supplier performance, and identifying supply chain improvements.
Administrative tasks such as scheduling meetings, generating reports, managing mailboxes, and overseeing maintenance contracts for lab instruments are also part of the job.
Please see attached job description for further details.
Key Requirements Applicants must have eligibility to work in the UK OR possess a valid work permit that will allow you to take up full time, permanent employment in the UK
To be successful in this position you will need 5 GCSEs Grade C or above (or equivalent) and previous experience in an administrative role with experience in the use of MS office packages.
Whilst not essential it would be advantageous for candidates to have a qualification or training in supply management/procurement or business-related discipline, previous experience in a procurement related role and experience of P2P systems and/or ERP systems.
Please see attached job description for further details of criteria.
Apply Now Apply online and tailor your CV to outline how you meet the role criteria.
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Closing Date We will no longer be accepting applications after 5pm on Sunday 19 Jan 2025 RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE NOTE: Almac will only accept applications from agencies/business partners that have been invited to work on this role by our Talent Acquisition team.
Speculative candidate CV's received or submitted directly to Hiring Managers will be considered unsolicited and no fee will be payable.
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