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Ground Control
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Billericay, Essex
Procurement Administrator
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Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum |
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Overview
Ground Control is the UK’s fastest growing external maintenance and commercial landscaping company. We were established in 1973 as a Grounds Maintenance company, becoming incorporated as a limited company in 1984. We offer a truly national service that includes grounds maintenance, winter maintenance, tree works and vegetation management, soft and hard landscaping, ecology, design & build, pest control and fencing. Ground Control is the contractor of choice for many well-known private and public organisations - Network Rail, Tesco, Severn Trent Water, Sainsbury’s, Arqiva and the Tower of London to name a few. As a multi-award winning company, Ground Control now holds 33 BALI National Landscape Awards for a range of Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance projects, a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation, and a total of 9 RoSPA Gold Awards for Occupational Health & Safety. Due to maternity leave, we are seeking a meticulous and ambitious individual to provide robust support to the Procurement team as a Procurement Assistant on an initial 9 month fixed term contract month fixed term contract. Working as part of our Head office Procurement team, you will focus on developing simpler processes, problem resolution and building key stakeholder relationships. This will be demonstrated by: • Ensuring work load is prioritised to ensure that procurement operations are executed promptly. • Ensuring that materials are purchased in line with price lists and rebates. • Ensuring that purchase ledger invoices are managed in a timely manner. • Attending external events and visit supplier premises to gain further understanding of products when required. • Achieving 100% compliance with a high level of accuracy in administrative work. • Working closely with our other trading businesses, stakeholders and maintain relationships with Ground Control staff and key personnel within suppliers and clients. COMPETENCIES NEEDED: • Experience within procurement is a strong advantage but not essential. We would also consider candidates with experience within Finance • Competence organising own workload, multi-tasking and meeting deadlines • A pro-active and positive attitude • Knowledge of the organisation, our Values and Core Purpose • Passion for providing outstanding customer service and exceeding client expectation • A good knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word Through our absolute focus on customer service and outstanding delivery, we are the most respected company in our chosen field. We inspire each other to be the best that we can be. Ground Control is owned by its employees and as a result, we share the responsibilities of ownership as well as its rewards. Our values are the key to or ongoing success and we are looking for passionate candidates with like-minded values of: Delivering outstanding customer service Innovation and embracing change Valuing each other Acting with integrity and honouring our commitments Seeking value in everything we do A desire to win