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About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Administrator to join our Enabling Functions team to work in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Role Purpose:
A Procurement Administrator will support the team, to provide a range of general administrative duties to the Group Procurement & Supply Chain Reporting Team;
The role sits in Group Procurement and will work closely with their team members but must engage and support all business units and enabling functions, working with project teams and SMEs across the group. The Procurement Administrator is responsible for supporting functional strategy and priorities.
What you'll be doing
As a Procurement Administrator you will:
Undertake a full range of administrative duties to ensure an efficient service is delivered to allocated team;
Screen incoming mail, telephone calls and emails on behalf of team and manage all appropriate correspondence;
Be fully conversant in MS Office to produce a range of spreadsheets, documents and presentations, as required;
Perform ad hoc confidential work, as required;
Maintain accurate and electronic filing systems, including archiving;
Live the Balfour Beatty Values;
Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
Who we're looking for
Personal Qualities and Experience:
Have achieved an A-C grade in Maths, English and IT at GCSE or the equivalent;
Able to effectively manage time and deliver against deadlines, setting own goals and being proactive in seeking and driving improvements;
Organised and proactive – Process Improvement mind-set;
Excellent telephone manner and customer service skills;
Positive and proactive approach to all aspects of work;
Have excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with all levels of people in the organisation;
Excellent team player, able to work as part of different size teams but also independently where required;
Excellent skills in excel in able to analyse data and suggest improvements;
Flexible in approach to work, recognising patterns of work and being able to proactively support full department;
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy with data inputting and reporting.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Enabling Functions includes our centralised HR, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Sustainability and Comms teams. Together we support Balfour Beatty to deliver projects on behalf of our clients. We operate according to our Build to Last values of Lean, Expert, Trusted, Safe and Sustainable.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at