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Procurement Officer – Indirect Purchasing
Reference: JAN20257244
Expiry date: 23:59, Tue, 25th Mar 2025
Location: Newry
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: Pension, Health Cash Plan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Discount, Values Award, Holidays
Company Overview
Glen Dimplex Group is a world leader in intelligent electric heating and renewable energy solutions, as well as holding significant global market positions in domestic appliances, cooling and ventilation. Dimplex is part of the Glen Dimplex Group. We design, develop and deliver innovative heating and ventilation solutions in all sectors in which we operate.
Main Purpose of Role
As part of the Procurement team, the role of the Indirect Procurement Officer will be to support the business by taking responsibility for the purchasing of indirect goods and services that support the overall operations of the business, as well as performing any necessary associated support activities.
The role will involve serving the division’s multiple sites, which are spread across different geographies within the UK, Ireland and Europe.
The Indirect Procurement Officer will be responsible for promptly processing requisitions and converting them into purchase orders to ensure the division’s indirect needs are met on time.
The role will also involve acting as an indirect procurement representative and be the first point of contact for the division’s numerous requisitioners. Wider responsibilities will include indirect vendor creation, assisting with ethical sourcing compliance, and engaging in ad-hoc competitive tendering.
Key Accountabilities
* Promptly convert indirect requisitions into indirect purchase orders within the set KPI time limit & issuing purchase orders to suppliers
* Act as a first point of contact for general indirect procurement queries for the Division
* Support the general business and requisitioner community in providing necessary training, helping them to understand the indirect procurement process and how to use the associated systems
* Generate, analyse, and present indirect spend reports for management review through use of excel (pivots, v-look-up, power point acumen required)
* Actively police compliance with the indirect procurement process, including ensuring only authorised requisitioners are submitting requests etc.
* Continually liaise with requisitioners to ensure a minimum standard of requisitions is met
* Assist requisitioners in following up with supplier issues such as late delivery, PO management.
* Advise business on required indirect roles, accesses & delegation of authority
* Create indirect vendors on SAP
* Support the Indirect Procurement Category Manager with wider indirect procurement activities such as issuing RFQs, engaging in competitive tenders, negotiating and awarding contracts
* Assisting in ethical souring compliance
* Identify, and act upon, process improvements within the indirect procurement cycle to enhance efficiency
* Perform any other ad-hoc tasks as required by the Indirect Procurement Category Manager
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential Criteria
* Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
* Excellent Interpersonal skills and be able to communicate at all levels of a business
* Ability to work in a structured and efficient manner
* Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
* Enthusiastic, self-starter with good initiative and proactive approach to work
* Excellent time management and planning skills
Glen Dimplex Values
At Glen Dimplex we are proud of our Company Values, which are at the centre of all that we do. In addition to role specific skills and experience (outlined above) our colleagues are expected to always strive to:
* Think Customer
* Care About People
* Keep It Simple
Acknowledgement
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the role.
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