Materials and Services Buying - Industrial Placement at Mwh Treatment in Hattersley, England, United Kingdom | Kablio

Role

Description

procurement data

purchase orders

category management

supplier monitoring

reporting

analytics

Maintain clean and accurate data in procurement systems (P2P).
Contribute to sustainability and compliance initiatives.
Monitor supplier performance and escalate issues where necessary.
Participate in continuous improvement projects and share best practices.
Data & Reporting: Maintain accurate procurement records and contribute to reporting.
Provide administrative support and assist with audits.
Supporting Category Management: Help maintain category data and support sourcing activities.
Assist with tender documentation and bid evaluations.
Process Improvement: Assist in implementing best practices and compliance initiatives.
Prepare and process purchase orders, ensuring timely delivery.
Support reporting and analytics for category performance (spend, savings, supplier KPIs)
Supplier Engagement: Support communication with suppliers and help monitor performance.

Requirements

erp

microsoft office

procurement

tendering

business degree

analytical

Tendering & Negotiation: Learn how to prepare RFQs, collate bids, and assist in evaluations.
Currently studying a degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, or related discipline.
Familiarity with ERP or procurement systems.
Exposure to tendering, supplier management, and compliance processes.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Practical experience in procurement and category management.
Strong organisational and communication skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
Previous work experience in a business environment (placement or internship).
Development of negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Reporting and Presentation Skills focused on supplier performance and supply chain risk mitigation.

Benefits

Mentorship from experienced procurement professionals.
Opportunity to contribute to real projects and make an impact.

Training + Development

Information not given or found

Interview process

application reviewed by early careers recruiter
complete a video interview
in‑person or teams interview with two hiring managers
opportunity to meet the team on‑site or in the office

Visa Sponsorship

Information not given or found

Security clearance

Information not given or found

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Company

Overview

2021

Year Joined RSK Group

Merged with RSK Group, enhancing its capabilities and frameworks while retaining brand and leadership.

1,000+

Team Strength

Operates with a team of over 1,000 professionals across major UK water frameworks.

100 Direct Workforce

Manages a historic multi-trade direct workforce of around 100 people in asset management roles.

With roots stretching back to 1820, draws on two centuries of innovation in the UK water sector.
Operates as a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction specialist, delivering projects from multi-million-pound schemes to capital maintenance.
Teams work across six major UK water frameworks, often in joint ventures and alliances.
Typical projects include water reclamation and wastewater treatment plants, delivered through integrated design-and-build contracts.
Known for pushing digital delivery techniques, winning awards for innovation and asset performance strategies.

Culture + Values

To deliver work safely and sustainably, while making a positive difference to our people, the environment, our clients and the communities we serve and live in.
Keeping safe, looking out for each other and maintaining an Injury Free Environment.
Working and collaborating with clients, partners and supply chains who share our safety, environmental and quality commitments for excellence.
Focusing on well-being and mental health, by ensuring we support our people to maintain a work/life harmony so they can always bring their best.
Providing affordable, low-carbon and nature-based solutions to secure a long-term future with our Clients.
We build trust, providing transparent interactions, professional, resilient, high-quality solutions, for our clients, that underpin our proud heritage.
We are uncompromising in our ethical behaviour, acting with fairness, integrity and making the right decisions, even though they may be tough.
We are one team; respecting and valuing strength from individual’s diversity, experiences and ideas, rallying around a common purpose.
Our people learn from each other and are supported via development to be the best they can be, because we trust them.
Collaborating across our business and our supply chain, we leverage collective expertise for our clients, their customers and communities we serve.
By continuously innovating, improving our delivery and solutions, because what we do together matters, we find solutions and commit to driven delivery, achieving results for our stakeholders.
Technology will remain at the heart of our delivery, as a facilitator of connectivity and efficiency.

Environment + Sustainability

97% waste diversion

Construction Waste Management

Over 97% of construction waste has been diverted from landfills over the past five years.

29.4% emissions drop

Carbon Reduction Achievements

A significant 29.4% reduction in carbon emissions intensity has been achieved since 2014.

31.3% footprint increase

Operational Carbon Footprint

Despite a 31.3% increase in operational carbon footprint in 2024, emissions intensity per turnover decreased by 2.17%.

ISO 14001 certified management system governs environmental expectations and requirements.
Waste strategy of eliminate, reduce, reuse and recycle applied through full project lifecycle.
Calculated organisational carbon footprint for the last ten years, externally verified through Achilles CEMARS/Carbon Reduce scheme.
Target to be operational Net Zero Carbon by 2030, with a published Route Map detailing actions required.

Inclusion & Diversity

April 2025

Real Living Wage Commitment

The company is committed to providing the Real Living Wage to all employees, excluding apprenticeships and placements.

1,250 employees

Team Composition

The company employs over 1,250 employees, including 350 in-house engineers and 700 delivery staff.

Promote a healthy workforce.
Inspire a culture of inclusion.
Connect, engage and communicate.
Attract and retain great people.
Help our people be the best they can be.
Foster a culture of zero harm with rigorous health & safety processes aligned to BS OHSAS 45001.
Employee engagement includes mental health first aiders, occupational health monitoring and an Employee Assistance Programme (per Best Companies profile).
Regular communication via CEO‑led briefings, roadshows, and internal awards (Treatment Excellence Awards) to build community and connection.
Graduate and Apprenticeship scheme supports career progression and development into sector leadership roles.

Articles

Our Legacy

Our Experts (Careers)

Our Innovation

Role

Description

procurement data

purchase orders

category management

supplier monitoring

reporting

analytics

Maintain clean and accurate data in procurement systems (P2P).
Contribute to sustainability and compliance initiatives.
Monitor supplier performance and escalate issues where necessary.
Participate in continuous improvement projects and share best practices.
Data & Reporting: Maintain accurate procurement records and contribute to reporting.
Provide administrative support and assist with audits.
Supporting Category Management: Help maintain category data and support sourcing activities.
Assist with tender documentation and bid evaluations.
Process Improvement: Assist in implementing best practices and compliance initiatives.
Prepare and process purchase orders, ensuring timely delivery.
Support reporting and analytics for category performance (spend, savings, supplier KPIs)
Supplier Engagement: Support communication with suppliers and help monitor performance.

Requirements

erp

microsoft office

procurement

tendering

business degree

analytical

Tendering & Negotiation: Learn how to prepare RFQs, collate bids, and assist in evaluations.
Currently studying a degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, or related discipline.
Familiarity with ERP or procurement systems.
Exposure to tendering, supplier management, and compliance processes.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Practical experience in procurement and category management.
Strong organisational and communication skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
Previous work experience in a business environment (placement or internship).
Development of negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Reporting and Presentation Skills focused on supplier performance and supply chain risk mitigation.

Benefits

Mentorship from experienced procurement professionals.
Opportunity to contribute to real projects and make an impact.

Training + Development

Information not given or found

Interview process

application reviewed by early careers recruiter
complete a video interview
in‑person or teams interview with two hiring managers
opportunity to meet the team on‑site or in the office

Visa Sponsorship

Information not given or found

Security clearance

Information not given or found

People also searched

Company

Overview

2021

Year Joined RSK Group

Merged with RSK Group, enhancing its capabilities and frameworks while retaining brand and leadership.

1,000+

Team Strength

Operates with a team of over 1,000 professionals across major UK water frameworks.

100 Direct Workforce

Manages a historic multi-trade direct workforce of around 100 people in asset management roles.

With roots stretching back to 1820, draws on two centuries of innovation in the UK water sector.
Operates as a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction specialist, delivering projects from multi-million-pound schemes to capital maintenance.
Teams work across six major UK water frameworks, often in joint ventures and alliances.
Typical projects include water reclamation and wastewater treatment plants, delivered through integrated design-and-build contracts.
Known for pushing digital delivery techniques, winning awards for innovation and asset performance strategies.

Culture + Values

To deliver work safely and sustainably, while making a positive difference to our people, the environment, our clients and the communities we serve and live in.
Keeping safe, looking out for each other and maintaining an Injury Free Environment.
Working and collaborating with clients, partners and supply chains who share our safety, environmental and quality commitments for excellence.
Focusing on well-being and mental health, by ensuring we support our people to maintain a work/life harmony so they can always bring their best.
Providing affordable, low-carbon and nature-based solutions to secure a long-term future with our Clients.
We build trust, providing transparent interactions, professional, resilient, high-quality solutions, for our clients, that underpin our proud heritage.
We are uncompromising in our ethical behaviour, acting with fairness, integrity and making the right decisions, even though they may be tough.
We are one team; respecting and valuing strength from individual’s diversity, experiences and ideas, rallying around a common purpose.
Our people learn from each other and are supported via development to be the best they can be, because we trust them.
Collaborating across our business and our supply chain, we leverage collective expertise for our clients, their customers and communities we serve.
By continuously innovating, improving our delivery and solutions, because what we do together matters, we find solutions and commit to driven delivery, achieving results for our stakeholders.
Technology will remain at the heart of our delivery, as a facilitator of connectivity and efficiency.

Environment + Sustainability

97% waste diversion

Construction Waste Management

Over 97% of construction waste has been diverted from landfills over the past five years.

29.4% emissions drop

Carbon Reduction Achievements

A significant 29.4% reduction in carbon emissions intensity has been achieved since 2014.

31.3% footprint increase

Operational Carbon Footprint

Despite a 31.3% increase in operational carbon footprint in 2024, emissions intensity per turnover decreased by 2.17%.

ISO 14001 certified management system governs environmental expectations and requirements.
Waste strategy of eliminate, reduce, reuse and recycle applied through full project lifecycle.
Calculated organisational carbon footprint for the last ten years, externally verified through Achilles CEMARS/Carbon Reduce scheme.
Target to be operational Net Zero Carbon by 2030, with a published Route Map detailing actions required.

Inclusion & Diversity

April 2025

Real Living Wage Commitment

The company is committed to providing the Real Living Wage to all employees, excluding apprenticeships and placements.

1,250 employees

Team Composition

The company employs over 1,250 employees, including 350 in-house engineers and 700 delivery staff.

Promote a healthy workforce.
Inspire a culture of inclusion.
Connect, engage and communicate.
Attract and retain great people.
Help our people be the best they can be.
Foster a culture of zero harm with rigorous health & safety processes aligned to BS OHSAS 45001.
Employee engagement includes mental health first aiders, occupational health monitoring and an Employee Assistance Programme (per Best Companies profile).
Regular communication via CEO‑led briefings, roadshows, and internal awards (Treatment Excellence Awards) to build community and connection.
Graduate and Apprenticeship scheme supports career progression and development into sector leadership roles.

Articles

Our Legacy

Our Experts (Careers)

Our Innovation