- Location
- Central Laboratory, United Kingdom
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Technician – Support Services (Procurement)
Circa £28,080 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week
Huntingdon
Tap into your potential and test a new career with Anglian Water!
This exciting role provides a procurement service to the laboratories and field-based functions. As part of this role you’ll liaise with suppliers of services to the laboratory and sampling functions and provide a facilities service for the laboratories.
Key responsibilities:
Procurement activities including SAP ordering, monitoring of temporary staff contracts/orders, and day to day operation of contracts for the supply of lab chemicals and equipment
Ensure efficiencies in ordering and looking at internal processes where needed for improvement
Be the first point of contact to deal with any enquiries relating to ordering or delivery of goods and / or services
Maintain SAP in line with training and guidance
Vendor management and contact where required
Reports for key vendors and spend management
Look at KPIs and help troubleshoot bottleneck areas
Provide support to the Operational Support Manager by:
Deal with general lab service queries
Ensure all visitors to site are signed in and supervised during their visit
Prepare meeting rooms and ensure all consumables are available
Make staff aware of deliveries
We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
Personal private health care
Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
25 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
Bonus scheme
Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
What does it take to be successful?
Able to communicate with people at all levels
Reliable and committed
Able to deal with answering account queries, processing payments and being an excellent first point of contact
Ideally you will be SAP trained
Ability to help customers over the phone and in person
Able to prioritise effectively
Accurate data input into various databases and spreadsheets
Confident telephone manner
Ideally an understanding of a Laboratory environment
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: 20th August 2026
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