Company Overview:
We are a leading consultancy delivering engineering and management services across the Utilities, Energy and Infrastructure sectors. As part of our long-term, strategic partnership with our water clients, we are supporting the delivery of AMP8 (2025 – 2030) projects under a £5bn framework agreement and now seek experienced Design Engineer’s to join our team to support this delivery.
Position: Senior Procurement officer
Location: Dublin (Remote option is an option)
Long O Donnell are currently looking to speak with senior procurement officer we are on the look out for experience individuals to work to work within the utility industry.
Roles and Responsibilities
* Where necessary or required the Sourcing officer shall conduct requirement gathering exercises, formalise tender packs and timelines
* The Sourcing officers are accountable for working with legal resources both internal and external
* Effective planning and utilisation of resources, against pipeline activity and business needs.
* Tender pack preparation, including invitation and instruction to tenderer's (IITT), contract notices, contract award notices
* Delivering “mini-tenders” under existing frameworks, for low value sourcing events adhering to the sourcing rules under each framework
* Document control
* Conduct contract negotiation activity with suppliers
* Undertake post sourcing event reviews, tracking and logging lessons learnt an implemented with the appropriate Category Management, contract management, and Supplier Relationship Management population.
Knowledge/experience needed
* Sourcing/supply chain experience.
* Undertaking procurement qualification desirable e.g. CIPs
* Office 365 suite including MS Excel and PowerPoint
* Experience of e-procurement tools (e.g. Ariba, Coupa, Tradeshift, Jagger, etc.) desirable
* Good knowledge of end-to-end procurement processes and strategic sourcing methodology
* Experience in supplier identification, tendering, evaluating, and selection expertise
* Experience in gathering and challenging requirements from stakeholders
* Proven experience in accurate data entry
* Knowledge of contracting options, including administration of terms and conditions
Full Right to Work without sponsorship is required for this role.