Contract Administrator (Procurement) - Birmingham, West Midlands County

Posted 29 Apr 2024

Platform Housing Group

Birmingham, West Midlands County (Admin / Clerical)


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Join our growing Procurement team!

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Contract Administrator to join our expanding Procurement team on a permanent basis. 

The Procurement team are going through a period of exciting systems transformation, and we are looking to provide assurance on all aspects of our supply chain and to implement controls on the purchasing of our materials, goods, and services.   

This is diverse administrate role within our growing team and will support the management of supply chain, associated contracts, assurance, and the Group’s contract register.  

As part of the role, you will support in managing the new supplier set up process, manage and maintain the Groups Contract register and will work across the group, building and maintaining a strong culture and awareness of compliant procurement and the benefits of good supply chain management.

This is a highly administrative role in a fast-paced team and would suit someone with a strong background in administration, procurement, or audit. You'll collaborate with various teams throughout the organisation and engage with suppliers, requiring confident communication abilities and the capacity to work independently as well as part of a team.

Some of the things we are looking for: 

Proven experience of working in a similar administrative role, such as procurement or audit.

Proven experience of developing relationships with colleagues 

Experience of producing corporate reports, for financial, procurement and/or compliance. 

Excellent time management and organisational skills, able to prioritise workload 

Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

Intermediate knowledge of MS Office suite 

Strong administration skills and attention to detail 

While this role is home based, you should have the ability to travel to Group offices and other locations as required. Our Group offices are located at Birmingham Business Park Solihull and Central Park, Worcester.  

Some of our great benefits include:   

Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave    

Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave

Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts         

Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more       

Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)         

Learning and Development opportunities  

Salary sacrifice electric Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers 

If this sounds like the place for you then we’d love to hear from you. If you would like any further information on the role or would like to arrange an informal chat, please feel free to contact Alan Pibworth (Head of Procurement Shared Service) via email: Alan.Pibworth@platformhg.com 

We aim to hold interviews for this role at our Worcester Office (WR5 1DU), during the week of 13th or 20th May 2024, and will contact you to arrange a suitable time once successfully shortlisted.     

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application. 

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