Apprentice Provisioning & Procurement Officer (Part of the Administration Team)

Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
Salary: £10,000 - £12000 per annum, plus benefits (Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Perkbox Membership, Free use of on-site swimming pool).
Funded Course: Business Administrator Level 3

Sota Solutions is a market-leading IT solutions company specialising in network infrastructure, data centre, and business continuity services for small, medium and large enterprises, public sector organisations, and other service providers.

The Apprentice Provisioning & Procurement Officer role requires an organised and proficient administrator with a customer focused viewpoint. Working as part of a small team this role manages orders through the administrative provisioning and procurement stages to delivery, which is pivotal in allowing Sota to deliver its solutions in a timely and efficient manner.

The Business Administrator Level 3 course will require the learner to attend training at an external provider (travel will be paid), and the course typically takes 15 months to complete.

Responsibilities of the role will include (but not be limited to):

• Assist in validating new customer orders ensuring that customer contracts are in place & sufficient information has been provided.
• Assist in preparing & issuing customer contracts as requested by internal teams.
• Provisioning & procurement of each order through to delivery and subsequent invoicing.
• Liaison with the internal technical teams and third party suppliers to ensure the prompt and proficient delivery of their individual knowledge, products, and services.
• Assist with the day to day monitoring to ensure delivery is on track and to budget, updating customers and internal teams where necessary.
• Work with finance personnel to ensure that all information is captured to enable the correct processing of transactions.
• Ensure that systems are updated correctly to contain accurate sales analysis for cost of sale & commission purposes.
• Administrative tasks such as scanning, filling, shredding, handling post.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate strong inter-personal skills and will be looking to develop a long term career.

Working hours: Monday to Friday 8.45am – 5.15pm

Candidates must possess a driving license and have access to their own vehicle.

Sota values diversity and operates are fair recruitment process free of discrimination.

Sota may maintain a register of candidates that have applied for a role but will remove such information once the recruitment process has concluded, any queries in relation to data privacy can be directed to data.protection@sota.co.uk