Procurement Specialist
12 days ago
Lichfield
✨ Join Voyage Care as our new Procurement Specialist! Are you organised, detail‑driven, and passionate about creating efficient procurement processes? Voyage Care is looking for a proactive Procurement Specialist to support our Procurement Manager and help strengthen our procurement operations across the organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively across departments including Finance, Legal, IT, Property, Operations and Services, ensuring we deliver value, drive improvements, and maintain strong supplier partnerships. 💼 What you’ll be doing 🔹 Strategic & Category Support • Assist with building and delivering category strategies, • Support cost-saving initiatives and supplier optimisation, • Conduct market research, benchmarking, and risk identification, • Work with cross-functional teams to help shape procurement decisions 🔹 Systems & Data Management • Become a core user of our procurement systems (Coupa, VPS), • Maintain accurate supplier records, contracts, catalogues, and data, • Support supplier onboarding/offboarding, • Help develop system training and process improvements 🔹 Procurement Processes & Compliance • Raise and monitor purchase orders, • Conduct spot buys within agreed thresholds, • Support RFQs, tender admin, and initial quote analysis, • Ensure all activity meets internal governance, ethics, and compliance, • Assist with audits and inventory checks 🔹 Supplier & Stakeholder Support • Help track supplier KPIs and performance, • Liaise with suppliers to resolve issues, • Support internal teams with procurement queries, PO creation, and goods receipting, • Maintain the procurement intranet page and mailbox 🔹 Reporting & Analysis • Prepare spend reports, dashboards, and performance analysis, • Support forecasting and budgeting exercises, • Identify process improvements from insights and trends 🔹 Learning & Development • Take ownership of developing your procurement systems expertise, • Help create internal training materials, • Mentor junior colleagues where appropriate ✅ What we’re looking for • Experience in procurement or supply chain, • Familiarity with Coupa or willingness to learn, • Strong Excel and data management skills, • Confident with AI and automation tools, • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, • Proactive, organised, and able to juggle multiple tasks, • A passion for continuous improvement and smarter procurement 🌱 Why Voyage Care? You’ll be joining a supportive, collaborative team where your contribution makes a real impact. We empower our people to learn, grow and influence positive change at every step of the procurement journey. 📩 Ready to apply? If you’re motivated, analytical, and excited to support a dynamic procurement function, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us deliver meaningful value across Voyage Care!