Procurement Assistant

Are you looking for an opportunity to kick-start your career in procurement in a complex, challenging and evolving business, where the opportunity to develop and hone your skills and experience await?

If so, why not come and join the European Office Depot Team

We operate in thirteen countries through our two main brands Office Depot and Viking. We provide Business supplies and services to help our customers work better - whatever their workplace. We are a single source for everything our customers need to be more productive, including the latest technology, core office supplies, print and document services, business services, facilities products, furniture and school essentials.

As a Procurement Assistant based in our UK Head Office some of your responsibilities and accountabilities will be as follows;

Management of cost, pricing and discrepancy issues

Maintenance of vendor documentation including contracts and data streams

Maintain and update SKUs

Assist and own a wide variety of administrative and data related task in support of the wider procurement function

Assist with project based activities

This will be an ideal career opportunity for someone with the following skill set and experience;

Ideally exposure to a procurement, merchandising or buying operation, ideally in a complex business with multiple vendors, product lines or SKUs Naturally strong administration skills

Comfortable with Excel and in particular manipulating large data files

First class customer service and communications skills

A commercial mind-set and an ability to think analytically

We offer a competitive salary and attractive benefits package based on skill set and experience and the opportunity to develop your career in a fast moving, challenging and rewarding environment