Procurement Assistant

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

We have recently implemented a global finance change program to improve coordination, simplify operations, automate tasks, enhance efficiency, and strengthen control measures to meet both internal and external needs. Sustainability remains at the core of our efforts. The Group Procurement team is focused on transforming our global operations.

In this role, you will support the Operational Procurement team, within the Global Procurement function. Your tasks will include sourcing, generating purchase orders, order fulfilment, managing invoices and maintaining data within Arup systems. You will communicate with and influence stakeholders, providing excellent procurement advice. Building strong relationships and delivering effective solutions will be crucial.

Your work will enhance quality, performance, and efficiency, while reducing costs and risks. Sustainable development, decarbonisation, and our organisational values will be central to our procurement strategy and your role.

The Opportunity

Focus :

• Provide support across the procurement team with range of activities.
• Create and track POs in accordance with correct policies and processes.
• Updating Arup’s systems with agreement information.
• Communicating with stakeholders to manage queries.
• Request quotations from vendors as directed to ensure timely delivery of our requirements.
• Liaising with the business to support your work as required and / or directed.
• Ensuring the organisation’s procurement processes and systems are utilised effectively.
• Ad-hoc administrative and data entry tasks.
• Supporting sustainability into your activities to support our organisational goals in carbon reduction and social responsibility.

Impact :

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.