ST0810: Procurement and Supply Assistant Level 3
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Procurement and Supply Assistant is a role required in all organisations where goods and/or services need to be sourced and purchased either in line with national or international procurement laws, or managed by internal governance processes.
The broad purpose of the occupation is the process of procurement or buying low value goods and services. Procurement and Supply Assistants are vital for the smooth functioning of the Procurement department in any organisation. They are often the staff responsible for ensuring that all data is correctly administered and maintained, and that records are kept in line with their organisation’s own procedures.
A Procurement and Supply Assistant will be required to use the knowledge they have gained of procurement regulations/policies to support the wider procurement team in tasks such as quotation and/or tender response evaluation, supplier database maintenance, purchase order review and conversion, and stakeholder liaison. A Procurement and Supply Assistant will also often have to manage purchasing requests and low risk contracts for which they will develop requests, quotes, or obtain prices and delivery. They will be expected to work closely with other teams in the organisation such as operation and quality assurance.
