Purchasing Data Quality Support Assistant - Leeds

Purchasing Data Quality Support Assistant, Leeds

We will consider flexible working arrangements

Temporary contract - 3 months

Start Date - ASAP

Overview of the Role

You will have strong numeracy and literacy and IT skills and be willing to undertake any training required that is relevant to your role.

• Experience of working in an office/administrative environment;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• The ability to work to tight deadlines;
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to resolve complex queries;
• Evidence of high level of proficiency with IT, particularly in the use of Microsoft based applications;
• Evidence of effective time-management and organisational skills;
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels;
• Evidence of self-motivation and resourcefulness whilst maintaining an ability to work as part of a team;
• Experience of dealing with confidential information.

• Previous experience with SAP P2P systems or equivalent ERP solutions;
• Experience of public sector administrative procedures;
• Familiarity of working within a procurement environment and with relevant

procurement/finance terminology and processes.

• Resolving blocked invoice queries using SAP MRBR and ZMIR5 reporting
• Generating standard SAP reports and extracting master data
• Assisting with the correction of vendor records
• Liaising with suppliers to obtain company information to ensure the

• Supporting the closure of completed purchase orders and identifying any

• Ensuring open purchase requisitions are approved or closed as required to maintain data quality
• Building up a network of staff contacts, liaising to discuss mutual problems and working to devise solutions which may be adopted as best practise
• Maintaining records and files to an auditable standard

Qualifications and Skills

• Knowledge of SAP ERP System;
• Familiarity with working in a small team managing purchasing issues &

• Accuracy of data entry into an ERP System;
• Ability to rectify master data corrections in a timely manner with an audit trail embedded;
• Good IT Skills and use of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, teams, MS

• Ability to maintain good working relationships both internally and externally;
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to resolve complex queries;
• A willingness to undertake required training courses: procurement-related SAP training is mandatory.

• Good understanding of Purchase to Pay Cycle;
• Understand of the Operational transaction within purchasing;