Junior Procurement Officer

Jackson Hogg Procurement division are pleased to be partnering with an established organisation in Northumberland on the appointment of a Junior Procurement Officer to join their team on a 12-month contract basis.

Working closely with members of the Procurement team and the wider business, the Junior Procurement Officer will work to ensure that value is maximised from third party contracts, whilst minimising risk. They will also manage supplier relationships and terms contracts whilst co-ordinating with multiple stakeholders to ensure a consistent and collaborative approach.

Salary is competitive depending on experience and working hours are circa Monday to Friday 8.30-4.30, with flexibility on start times offered.

Hybrid working is on offer after an initial training period.

The Role:

• Working with the business and Procurement Officers to source and procure a wide range of required goods and services, ensuring optimal value for money within defined service and quality criteria.
• Ensuring that procurement processes are followed to seek and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and service, including negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters to achieve optimal levels of value versus risk.
• Identifying opportunities to add improvements to the “bottom line” through cost savings or process change, whilst promoting continual improvement in all aspects of the Procurement function.
• Managing supplier relationships and term contracts, whilst co-ordinating multiple stakeholder interfaces across the business to ensure a consistent and collaborative approach.
• Identifying and implementing supplier improvement actions, managing 360-feedback processes, resolving contractual and supplier disputes, and adhering to all company and departmental standards, policies, and procedures.
• Developing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring that requirements are understood and addressed.
• Operating and maintaining required systems to support and improve the Procurement function.
• Working closely with the HSEQ teams to ensure that the supply chain is safe and delivers quality goods and services.

The Person/Specification:

• Some working experience procurement or supply chain experience in comparable level role (essential).
• Awareness of e-tendering systems (essential).
• Basic knowledge of procurement life cycle and value creation through negotiation and contract delivery (essential).
• Basic understanding of procurement principles, general and contract law (desirable).
• Basic awareness of legislation which may impact Procurement (desirable).
• Experience of ERP system is desirable but not essential (desirable).
• Good influencing, communication and relationship management skills.
• Ability to recognise opportunities and work with stakeholders and peers to deliver.

We are ideally looking for a December 2025 start date, so you will need to be immediately available or with a 1 week notice period.

For more information, please get in touch with Gemma Yeadon - Sector Lead | Procurement at Jackson Hogg Recruitment.