£50,000 - £55,000 Per Annum
Full Time
Permanent
Long Marston, Warwickshire
Procurement And Buying
Posted 3 days ago
Expires In 25 Days
Job Description
As part of our core values, we offer an inclusive and dynamic environment and we welcome people from a variety of different backgrounds.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional teams to develop and deliver category plans and strategies.
- Develop new and alternate sources of supply. Identify cost savings and improvement opportunities, reporting results to Head of Procurement and the wider business.
- Drive all key strategic sourcing initiatives for the category.
- Lead commercial negotiations for sourcing products and services, and work with the legal team to formalize the final contracts with vendors. Incorporate TCO, should-Cost and VE models where appropriate.
- Calculate and present annual savings.
- Ensure negotiations with suppliers safeguard continuity of supply, improve lead-times, control pricing, and mitigate risk.
- Build internal relationships by spending time with stakeholders to understand their challenges and goals.
- Work with and develop a set of procurement tools as necessary including electronic tendering, electronic signature, contract database, supplier catalogue portal and spend categorisation tools.
- Work with the team to develop the spend cube. Support tactical and operational improvements in purchasing activity.
- Work with suppliers to crystallize savings and build long-term relationships.
- Lead strategic sourcing initiatives such as industry and market analysis & benchmarking, risk mitigation plans, supplier performance improvement plans
- Monitor and report key procurement metrics such as savings delivered and volume of Purchase Orders.
- Convert the company’s approved Purchase Requisitions into Purchase Orders.
- Carry out any other purchasing duties as may arise from time to time.
- Provide information, maintain records and carry out all duties in an accurate, efficient and timely manner.
- Enhance the image and reputation of the company whilst supporting its commercial interests.
- Comply with good health and safety practice, all statutory requirements, company policies and standard procedures.
- Demonstrable experience of the sourcing process. Good technical purchasing knowledge
- Demonstrable examples of project savings delivery including negotiated benefit and value chain engineering / business process improvement / total cost of ownership / should-cost / single source models.
- Stakeholder engagement at senior level and project delivery. Ability to lead cross-functional projects.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Purchase to Pay process and systems e.g. e-RFx.
- Experience of developing and implementing new processes e.g. supplier catalogue, spend cube, contract database, vendor performance management, procurement dashboard systems
- Experience / knowledge of procurement transformation.
- Experience working with Legal around contract negotiation / signature and subsequent implementation and management of high value / high risk vendors during the life of a contract.
- Experience and understanding of guiding, motivating, mentoring and developing staff members within the department.
- CIPS qualified or working towards the qualification
- Good level of experience with Excel
Nancy Makin475
nancy.makin@pertemps.co.uk
01926 334485
Division 475
Pertemps Leamington Spa
83 Warwick Street
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV32 4RR
01926 334485
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