You will work as an integral part of the procurement team, leading specific activities to provide procurement expertise, knowledge, services and support to meet the operational needs of the business. You will also be responsible for managing defined suppliers from a strategic and operational perspective, ensuring suppliers deliver to savings, delivery and quality targets.
Responsibilities
* Sourcing, negotiating and contracting activities, including raising formal documents to support the sourcing and contracting process, including Request for Information, Request for Quotation, Assessment documents, Purchase Orders
* Managing or overseeing the management of contracts throughout their life in conjunction with the business
* Proactively manage instances of supplier under-performance against cost, quality and schedule
* Manage supplier payment process and resolve any goods receiving and supplier debt issues
* Effectively manage order book, to ensure timely deliveries and accurate cash forecasting
Qualifications
* Demonstrate a good understanding of company systems, including purchase to pay systems, risk and supplier management tools, to implement an effective risk management process
* Demonstrated experience working within a procurement and/or similar environment
* Good standard of procurement competence in key areas such as category management, procurement delivery, supplier development, subcontract management
* Experience using SAP for reporting, raising purchase orders and managing delivery timelines
* Working towards a Level 5 qualification (for example CIPS or ISM) or have equivalent standard
* All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
* Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role.
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