Preston | Permanent | Full-Time | Office based 5 days per week
Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.
Are you highly organised with great attention to detail and looking to build a career in digital operations or commercial administration? We're looking for a Digital Vendor & Commercial Administrator to support the day-to-day management of suppliers, purchasing, contracts and digital assets, ensuring our digital services run smoothly and efficiently.
Working closely with Digital, Finance and Procurement teams, you'll gain valuable experience across vendor management, commercial administration and digital operations in a supportive environment with opportunities to develop your career.
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Support the administration of digital suppliers, vendor records, contracts and software licences.
- Create and track purchase orders, process invoices and help resolve payment queries.
- Maintain accurate records of supplier costs, renewals, digital assets and commercial data.
- Assist with onboarding new suppliers and coordinating communications between internal teams and vendors.
- Support contract, licence and renewal administration, ensuring records remain accurate and up to date.
- Help manage IT and digital assets, including laptops, mobiles, software and equipment throughout the employee lifecycle.
- Produce basic reports on supplier spend, renewals and commercial activity while supporting governance and audit requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and support continuous improvement across digital operations.
Essential
- Previous experience in an administration, coordinator or business support role, or transferable administrative experience.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail when working with financial information, records and data.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Confident using digital systems and learning new software.
- Professional communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across teams and with suppliers.
- Proactive, reliable and comfortable asking questions or escalating issues when required.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
Desirable
- Experience supporting vendor, supplier or procurement administration.
- Knowledge of purchase order and invoice processes.
- Experience within an IT, Digital or operational environment.
- Exposure to contract or software licence administration.
- Experience producing reports or working with data and dashboards.
- An interest in developing a career within digital operations, commercial administration or vendor management.
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
To apply, please submit your CV by 30/7/2026
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Nicola Brooke
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[email protected]
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
