Procurement Support Associate
Posted 1 week ago by Totaljobs
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Derby (DE24), DE24
Summary: The Procurement Support Associate role is a 6-month contract position focused on supporting procurement and commercial activities within a leading organization. The position involves managing supplier engagement, cost modeling, and reporting while ensuring compliance and coordination across various teams. The role is based in Derby and requires a proactive approach to maintain project momentum and deliver results. The contract is inside IR35 and offers a daily rate of £450-£600.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support end-to-end procurement activities, including supplier engagement and evaluations
- Build and maintain cost models, forecasts, and benchmarking data
- Manage trackers, dashboards, and reporting packs for clear visibility
- Assist with business cases, scenario analysis, and early-stage planning
- Support governance, approvals, and process compliance
- Coordinate across Commercial, Legal, Supply Chain, and Delivery teams
- Track risks, issues, and dependencies—keeping delivery on course
- Drive meeting actions, maintain momentum, and ensure follow-through
Key Skills:
- Procurement experience with strong planning, reporting, and controls capability
- Commercial awareness (contracts, suppliers, risk)
- Experience in large, complex project or programme environments
- Highly organised, analytical, and detail-oriented
- Strong communicator and effective cross-team coordinator
- Proactive, structured, and delivery-focused mindset
- MCIPS/MRICS (or working towards) desirable
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: Derby
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Procurement Support Associate 6-Month Contract (until end of October) £450-£600 per day inside IR35 2 days site based, 3 days WFH Based in Derby Start date ASAP Ready to build your procurement career on complex, high-profile programmes? Join a leading organisation and support delivery across dynamic, multi-disciplinary projects.
The Role You’ll play a key support role across procurement and commercial activities bringing structure, insight, and strong controls to fast-moving category workstreams. From supplier engagement to cost modelling and reporting, you’ll help keep everything aligned, on track, and decision-ready.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Support end-to-end procurement activities, including supplier engagement and evaluations
- Build and maintain cost models, forecasts, and benchmarking data
- Manage trackers, dashboards, and reporting packs for clear visibility
- Assist with business cases, scenario analysis, and early-stage planning
- Support governance, approvals, and process compliance
- Coordinate across Commercial, Legal, Supply Chain, and Delivery teams
- Track risks, issues, and dependencies—keeping delivery on course
- Drive meeting actions, maintain momentum, and ensure follow-through
What We’re Looking For
- Procurement experience with strong planning, reporting, and controls capability
- Commercial awareness (contracts, suppliers, risk)
- Experience in large, complex project or programme environments
- Highly organised, analytical, and detail-oriented
- Strong communicator and effective cross-team coordinator
- Proactive, structured, and delivery-focused mindset
- MCIPS/MRICS (or working towards) desirable