Procurement Specialist – Professional Services
Full time, Permanent Location – Flexible (Ipswich, Selby, London, Glasgow)
We generate dispatchable, renewable power and create stable energy in an uncertain world. Building on our proud heritage, we have ambition to become the global leader in sustainable biomass and carbon removals.
We’re enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future for all, and working hard to decarbonise the planet for generations to come.
As an experienced procurement professional with extensive experience in a strategic role, you will thrive in a busy commercial environment. You'll build meaningful and strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive procurement excellence at every stage of the process.
The role will focus on working with key stakeholders to develop and execute sourcing strategies for services such as HR, legal expenditure, travel, training and subscriptions.
Ensuring compliance to policies and processes will enable you to drive commercial success in your role, in delivering results that meet the overall procurement strategy here at Drax.
Reporting directly to the Procurement Manager you’ll be part of the successful delivery of the overall procurement team goals. Day-to-day you'll be responsible for all aspects of the Source to Contract cycle while considering risk and cost, up to a value of c.£10M annually, per procurement/project, considering both operational and capital expenditure requirements. You’ll play a key role in the development and implementation of sourcing strategies to maximise value whilst ensuring the right level of governance is applied. You’ll also provide day to day procurement guidance and advice to other team members.
Building new relationships and working with a wide range of internal customers will be the key to success in this role. You’ll work closely with the wider procurement team, to ensure continuous improvement and best practice is shared throughout the team to optimise performance.
Drax is committed to developing its colleagues and in this procurement role we’d be happy to support World Contracting & Commerce certification (previously IACCM) and CIPS membership.
You’ll have strong technical procurement skills linked with an ability to drive best practice, alongside excellent negotiation skills and the ability to implement opportunities for innovation. You should also be effective in ensuring departmental policies and processes are communicated and followed. You’ll have a strong commercial acumen and be proficient in negotiating terms and conditions to minimise the commercial and contractual exposure of the organisation.
The ability to identify key opportunities for Procurement support and prioritise workload effectively is essential.
If you have CIPS/Project Management qualification that's great, however if you have demonstrable experience and strong performance in a similar role, we'd love to hear from you!
As you help us to shape the future, we’ve shaped our rewards and benefits to help you thrive and support
A discretionary bonus depending on company performance
· Private Healthcare
· SAYE (Sharesave): discretionary scheme from time to time
· Group personal pension plan where we’ll pay up to 10%
· Holiday 25 days plus bank holidays
· To make this a reality, we actively work to better represent the communities we operate in, foster inclusion, and establish fair processes. Through these actions, we build the trust needed for all colleagues at Drax to contribute their perspectives and talents, no matter their background. Talk to us about flexible working!
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