Procurement Assistant -Hospitality

This is a great opportunity for a Procurement Assistant to join the Barchester Healthcare team and gain valuable experience in the hospitality sector. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with 3 days in the Warrington office and 2 days working from home. After a successful 6-month probation period, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to complete a fully funded Level 4 Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPs) Apprenticeship.

As a Procurement Assistant, you will be providing essential administrative support to the Hospitality Category Lead, focusing on the food and beverage, waste, and janitorial categories. Your key responsibilities will include resolving category queries, liaising with homes and hospitals, providing administrative support for meetings and projects, updating product and price files, and attending business review meetings with suppliers.

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support services in the UK. They operate a network of care homes and hospitals, offering a wide range of care services to their residents and patients. Barchester is committed to providing the highest standards of care and ensuring that their employees have the necessary support and training to excel in their roles.

Barchester's procurement team have a new opportunity for a Procurement Assistant who will provide essential support to the Hospitality Category Lead with focus on the food and beverage, waste and janitorial categories. Offering hybrid working, with 3 days in our established Warrington office and 2 days working from home.

On successful completion of a 6-month probation period, this role offers the opportunity to complete a fully funded Level 4 Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPs) Apprenticeship.

As Procurement Assistant you will be providing a high level of administrative procurement support to the Category Leads, stakeholders and Homes / Hospitals across the estate, alongside managing the supply chain performance of categories and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements.

Duties & responsibilities:

• Resolve category queries, liaise with homes / hospitals and preferred supplier network
• Provide administration support to the category lead with meetings, timetables, minutes and actions
• Engagement with the Hospitality team to deliver their hospitality strategy
• Product and price file updates and communicate add changes delists/ new products/ substitutes
• Admin and data support surrounding product switch programmes with our Food and beverage Group Purchasing Organisation (GPO)
• Attend business review meetings with suppliers to manage KPIs and offer support and solutions as required
• Provide project support for added value
• Admin support to ensure all supplier contract data remains updated
• Research the market to provide market insight and trends
• Liaising with our internal communications team to provide procurement business updates to the business

Experience required:

• The role would suit a graduate or a buyer with several years experience
• Procurement or Admin experience preferred, although a good standard of education and some work experience is acceptable
• Experience within Hospitality would be preferable but not essential
• Experience of working with different stakeholders and suppliers
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Adaptable to change
• Team player with a positive and proactive attitude
• Have experience managing projects
• Good communication skills with the confidence to speak to stakeholders and suppliers
• A calm approach with a willingness to learn and develop
• Computer literate with a good standard of Excel, Word and Powerpoint.

If you'd like to use your supply chain experience and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is an empowering and rewarding place to be.

• The role would suit a graduate or a buyer with several years of procurement or administrative experience. Experience within the hospitality sector would be preferable but not essential. The successful candidate should have good communication skills, the ability to work on their own initiative, and a positive and proactive attitude.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.