Supplier Governance Coordinator 45k FTC 12 Months

Our client are seeking a Finance and Procurement Coordinator to provide subject matter expert support for business purchasing activities managed within the Finance and Procurement functions.

The focus is very much on vendor governance & compliance, carrying out due diligence checks as part of vendor pre-qualification, ensuring good process governance and supporting the business to manage it's own buying activity by acting as an SME for the Purchase Order process, delivering user training where needed,

The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring adherence to procurement practices, financial controls & governance guidance, whilst fostering stakeholder & supplier relationships, and contributing to the overall success of the organization.

This role offers a unique opportunity to drive vendor governance initiatives within a dynamic telecommunications company, contributing to operational excellence and regulatory compliance.

• Offering guidance and support to PO requestors, ensuring accuracy of coding and details on all purchase orders and that orders are raised against and within the relevant budget.
• Providing training to new users for PO requests and co-ordinating purchase order requests placed by various departments, including maintaining & sharing approved supplier listings.
• Actively engaging with and managing stakeholders to ensure best practice processes are followed.
• Acting as subject matter expert for all purchase order processes and communicating policy and process update changes as they occur.
• Ensuring that for large purchases or where commercial contracts are in place, requests are reviewed by procurement to leverage best possible discounts, encouraging 'intelligent buying'.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business stakeholders from all departments to ensure alignment with company policies, guidelines and standards.
• Checking purchase orders follow the relevant workflows in accordance with company approval and authorisation policies and the delegation of approval matrix.
• Managing PO workflow settings to ensure they accurately reflect the current business structure, including updates to delegations and personnel changes as they occur.
• Raising workflow or technical queries where appropriate and ensuring resolutions are applied.
• Providing purchase analysis reports for supplier spend and order KPI's.
• Co-ordinate with Procurement Team on vendor set-up and supplier master data management
• Support best practice processes for vendor due diligence and governance in accordance with OFCOM regulations, the Telecommunications Security Act and other relevant legislation.
• Provide support for the adoption of Gatekeeper on-boarding portal for streamlined vendor and contract management processes.
• Support a comprehensive review and rationalization of the supplier base to optimize operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Contribute to the development of a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of open collaboration, communication, resilience, and service excellence.

Please apply today!