Procurement Support - Reading, Berkshire in Wokingham

The Procurement Support Centre (PSC) plays a vital role in enabling efficient, compliant, and well-governed procurement across the organisation. It provides end-to-end administrative and governance support for the delivery of procurement activities across goods, services, and works, working closely with Strategic Sourcing, Capital Procurement, Contract Management, and Supplier Management teams to ensure all processes align with procurement legislation and best practice.

What you’ll be doing as a Procurement Support:

• Provide specialist administrative support across the full tender lifecycle, ensuring process integrity and compliance.
• Set up and maintain project folders within the Commercial Agreements SharePoint repository.
• Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders, responding to clarification questions and general procurement enquiries in a timely and professional manner.
• Manage and maintain data within the KeyedIn system, including sourcing pipeline projects, contract management activities, and trading agreements, as well as supporting system access and password resets.
• Deliver induction and refresher sessions for new team members, including regulatory guidance and an overview of PSC support processes.
• Stay up to date with changes in procurement legislation and share relevant updates with the wider team.
• Maintain and update external-facing procurement information, including guidance on working with Thames Water suppliers.
• Ensure procurement processes are compliant with regulatory requirements, escalating any risks or potential breaches where appropriate.
• Produce and distribute regular reports, including tracking missing documentation and supporting project closure activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives led by the Continuous Improvement Manager.
• Provide flexible ad-hoc support across the procurement function as required.

Location: Hybrid – Clear Water Court, Reading

This is a dynamic role that goes beyond traditional administration, requiring strong coordination, judgement, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Essential requirements:

• Experience working with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively to deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• Close attention to detail in a compliance-driven setting.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and personal drive.
• Adaptability and resilience in a changing environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong stakeholder management capability.

Desirable experience:

• Exposure to procurement environments.
• Experience within regulated industries such as utilities or public sector.
• Familiarity with water industry operations.
• A continuous improvement mindset and interest in process efficiency.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary of up to £40,000 per annum.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.