Procurement Assistant

Discovery Inc

Procurement Assistant

Salary Not Specified

Discovery Inc, Kenmore, Perth and Kinross

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 6 days ago, 12 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: a54747ed099c473f94b455244a650418

Full Job Description

Working across all our departments this role supports the whole team. Our Procurement Assistant plays a vital role in sourcing, purchasing, and managing the supply of goods and services for the club. Working closely with and maintaining supplier relationships and the smooth operation of supply chain. Ensuring that quality and cost-effective products are procured and meet compliance with our Taymouth Castle and DLC procurement policies and procedures.

You collaborate with other departments and stakeholders within the club operations and at other facilities within the estate to ensure as a team our members and their guests have a magical stay at their 'home from home' creating a memorable experience.

Discover Your New Path

Joining our procurement team, you will contribute to ensuring we receive high quality products and services efficiently and cost-effectively. Your diligence, organisation skills, and initiative-taking approach will play a crucial role in our procurement success. You will take ownership in receiving and checking items as they arrive on site, making sure they are carefully stored as well as the picking and packing of products.

Supporting the procurement team with all purchasing activities, including the administration and maintenance of our procurement system, and ensuring the data order accuracy; goods receiving as well as invoice and supplier management.

Assisting with the coordination of deliveries including taking receipt through unloading, checking accuracy, and inspecting the quality of the product or item. Safe storage and distribution of the goods throughout the estate.

Organising and storing products in the designated warehouse areas and maintaining accurate stock inventory of the products ensuring quality assurance; following up on any delivery discrepancies with the relevant supplier.

Accurately picking and packing goods. Preparing packages for shipment, labelling and boxing to follow shipping standards and guidelines. Taking a pride in your work and environment, maintaining a clean and organised work environment, ensuring all the areas of the warehouse are kept tidy and hazard free. Safely operating warehouse equipment, such as forklifts and pallet jacks.

Establishing and maintaining relationships with suppliers, ensuring seamless communication. Consulting with the various departments within the club to understand their procurement needs and ensure they have what they need when they need it. Coordinating with the finance team to ensure of timely payments to suppliers and resolving any invoice discrepancies.

Actively demonstrating a willingness to support and achieve business objectives by being prepared to complete other tasks or duties cross the Taymouth Castle Golf & Sport Club and Moness Resort Aberfeldy as and when necessary, and when reasonably required.

A degree in Business or Supply Chain Management, Finance or similar. A distinct advantage to have previous experience in procurement, purchasing or supply chain roles. Knowledgeable about purchasing, invoicing, stock inventories; multitasking and time management skills.

Excellent communication and people skills. Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks efficiently. IT Literate with a good understanding of Office 365 packages. Procurement software or ERP packages an advantage, but not essential.

Initiative-taking, you take pride in the work you do and are enthusiastic about delivering the highest of standards. You exude a professional appearance, physical fitness, and stamina to perform tasks requiring heavy lifting and physical exertion as well as working at heights and operating warehouse equipment.

You can be flexible and adaptable with your approach to working hours. Well organised, punctual with a can-do attitude and an excellent eye for detail. An initiative-taking collaborator with an enthusiastic team-oriented approach.

A valid UK Driving License as you will be required to transport items to locations across the estates.

Discovery Land Company is a US-based developer and operator of private residential club communities with a world-renowned portfolio of domestic and international properties.

Founded in 1994 by Michael S. Meldman, Discovery Land Company specializes in building luxury residential private club communities and resorts worldwide. We have grown to be the premier player in the high-end resort residential niche with thirty world-class projects in our portfolio. Our communities are distinct with their own architectural styles, world-class amenities, and high levels of service.

We don't build buildings, but rather we build settings where families can create intergenerational memories and enrich their lives in exquisite and untouched sanctuaries. These settings offer a casual and comfortable sense of community through outstanding clubhouses, premier golf courses, welcoming staff, world-class culinary offerings, and outdoor pursuits. To ease and enrich your experiences, Discovery holds itself to the highest of service standards. Every decision we make is driven by one fundamental objective: to make the time you spend with the people you care about most not merely enjoyable, but memorable.

Taymouth Castle Golf and Sport Club is Discovery Land's second European private members-only golf & sport community. Nestled between two national parks and at the head of Loch Tay in Kenmore, Perthshire, the club incorporates several land estates and is rich in history with dramatic views and the offer of endless adventures.

This private lifestyle-driven community will offer 125 residences, a world-class golf course and practice facility, wellness and recreation facilities, a range of outdoor pursuits as well as a refurbished 19th century castle to offer a clubhouse with a range of food & beverage outlets and indoor activities when fully established. The Club also offers additional facilities at Glenlyon, a nearby farm and mountain estate. Taymouth Castle will offer a membership that values its relationships, its health, its leisure time, and is a modern community that honours Scotland's strong legacy of history, outdoor adventure and, most importantly, fun.

Please note the selected candidate must have the right to work in the UK as we cannot offer visa sponsorship and offers are subject to successful completion of our reference and background checks.

Embracing the breathtaking scenery in this part of Scotland and immersing yourself into the local community, working at Taymouth Castle Golf & Sport Club is more than a job, it offers a 'lifestyle.' Offers a chance to be part of the team building a project for generations to come.

  • Competitive Salary

  • Relocation Assistance

  • Uniform Provided

  • Meal on duty (free of charge)

  • Use of on-site staff gym

  • Access to staff activities

  • Various benefits including discounted local accommodation for friends and family to visit.

  • Work-Family Culture


  • We are situated on the A827 between Kenmore and Aberfeldy.