Procurement Analyst
Salary of £25,000 to £30,000 (Dependent on Experience) + Employee Benefits
Flexible Hybrid Working - your office base can be Solihull and/or Oxford
Are you an analytical thinker with a keen eye for producing reliable and insightful data?
Join us as a Procurement Analyst and support our mission to enhance profitability by procuring quality indirect goods and services at the best value, without compromising on quality or ethics. Reporting into the Procurement Manager, you'll play a key role in analysing data, creating impactful reports, and driving smarter business decisions.
If you have advanced Excel skills and a passion for data analysis, we want to hear from you!
What we can offer you
- 33 days' annual leave, including bank holidays, rising with length of service. Holiday buying scheme also available (Pro Rata)
- Retail discounts that save you money every day
- Gym discounts, cash healthcare plans, and a cycle-to-work scheme
- Car discounts for new and used purchases and servicing
- Flexible pension scheme and Sharesave scheme to grow your savings
- Family-friendly policies that help you spend more time with the people that matter
- A wellbeing programme to support you and your family
- An internal colleague recognition system to celebrate achievements
- A community volunteering day
What you'll do day to day
Reporting & Dashboards
- Providing meaningful insight using reports and dashboards to drive operational efficiencies and optimise our spend base
- On-going maintenance and updating of procurement reports, spend, savings and contract dashboards
- Sourcing, compiling, and analysing information to support the decision-making process for Procurement projects, category plans and tenders
- Using reports to challenge spend (e.g., through leaked supplier spend analysis, category spend analysis and trends across the business)
Project Management
- Gain experience in procurement projects by managing a section of the suppliers and or small value contracts
- Work collaboratively with the business to ensure projects meet the business needs and sustainability goals
Procurement Tasks
- Confident liaising and presenting to suppliers, internal departments and senior management team
- Supporting in supplier reviews, to ensure contracted service levels are being adhered to
- Challenge traditional way of thinking with guidance and innovative solutions
- Set up and maintain P2P functionality to control and manage business purchasing
- Working closely with all members of the Procurement team, supporting them with clear analysis of spend, performance data, supplier MI, building tenders, RFP submissions and market analysis
Helpful skills and qualifications
- Advanced excel skills (Pivot tables, VLOOKUP, etc.)
- Computer literate (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret large data sets
- Ideally, experience in Procurement with familiarity in ERP or P2P systems (Coupa, SAP, Oracle) and exposure to Power BI or Alteryx
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Organised with strong presentation skills and attention to detail
- Team player with a proactive, self-starting attitude
- Kenn interest in career progression within procurement, including potential CIPS training
Who we are
Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We're the largest partner in the UK for Mercedes- Benz, Volkswagen and Audi, and second largest for BMW & MINI.
Home to more than 7000 colleagues who are dedicated to providing exceptional customer services, we have 113 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail.
But you don't need to love cars to work with us - you just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people.
In return, we recognise that the success of our business is because of our fantastic people. Which is why we're committed to providing fantastic career opportunities, comprehensive training, competitive pay and benefits and full support personally and professionally.