About the Role
We are seeking a Procurement Officer with strong automation and process-improvement skills to enhance our construction team. This role transcends conventional procurement duties, emphasizing the automation of procurement processes, documentation, approvals, and transaction workflows. The ideal candidate will collaborate with both procurement and construction teams to streamline current operations, identify manual tasks, and develop practical automation solutions that will increase the speed, accuracy, transparency, and scalability of procurement. Programming experience is not required, but a solid understanding of automation tools, AI-assisted workflows, Excel automation, and related technologies is essential.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage and understand day-to-day procurement and purchase-to-pay processes.
- Review existing procurement workflows and identify repetitive manual activities.
- Design and implement automation solutions for procurement-related processes.
- Automate document processing, supplier information, purchase requests, quotations, purchase orders, invoices, and related records.
- Explore ways to automate data extraction from invoices, quotations, and other procurement documents.
- Improve approval and transaction workflows to reduce manual intervention and processing time.
- Develop automated tracking and reporting systems for procurement activities.
- Use AI and automation tools to enhance procurement documentation and communication.
- Maintain accurate supplier, pricing, and procurement master data.
- Collaborate with the construction team to translate operational requirements into automated workflows.
- Integrate different tools and systems to minimize duplicate data entry.
- Continuously seek opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and control.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of automated procurement processes.
- Ensure appropriate checks and controls remain in place for automating financial and procurement transactions.
Requirements
- Previous experience in procurement, purchasing, supply chain, accounts payable, or purchase-to-pay processes.
- Hands-on experience with automation is mandatory.
- Strong understanding of how procurement processes can be digitized and automated.
- Familiarity with automation, workflow, or AI tools such as Power Automate, Make, Zapier, n8n, AI tools, Excel automation, or similar platforms is highly desirable.
- Strong Excel skills, including advanced formulas, data handling, and automation.
- Ability to analyze existing manual processes and design more efficient automated workflows.
- Comfortable working with documents, structured data, and transaction records.
- Strong attention to detail, particularly regarding invoices, purchase orders, supplier data, and financial transactions.
- Ability to work independently and assume ownership of process-improvement initiatives.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience in the construction industry or a construction procurement environment is mandatory.
Benefits
- Opportunity to take ownership of procurement automation and digital transformation.
- Exposure to real-world construction procurement operations.
- Engagement with management and operational teams.
- A role with significant scope for process improvement and innovation.
- Competitive salary based on skills and relevant experience.
