Senior Operational Buyer
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Full Job Description
Your new company
You will have the opportunity to work
for an award-winning organisation who are part of the Fortune 500.
They have a rich heritage of winning multiple awards that recognise
excellence in collaborative work with clients and are in the top 50
most inclusive employers to work for in the UK. A leader in mechanical
and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and
building services.
Your new role
To manage
procurement for the businesses projects and facilities management
scope at their client site in Barrow. You will have the opportunity to
develop and work closely with experienced procurement colleagues
including the Supply Director, Head of Projects Procurement and
Category Leads and other Ops/Project Buyers to ensure a robust and
forward-thinking supply chain solution to effectively deliver
engineering excellence.
• Ensure that all procurement activity is
undertaken in line with the overall organisational strategy category
plan account specific procurement plan and procurement best practice.
• Develop the procurement account strategy in partnership with
the account team and take ownership to lead the delivery.
•
Continuously analyse market trends, supplier performance and cost
structures to identify risks and opportunities for improvement and
implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with Category
team to develop wider relationships with specialist supply chain to
suit product / service / geographical gaps and support growth
opportunities to align with business need. Ensure supply chain is
appropriately accredited and provides sufficient competition and value
for money for all account needs.
• Identify, select, develop and
manage new supply chain to support future business through a rigorous
evaluation process, ongoing performance measurement, contract review
and benchmarking
• Negotiate and deliver cost savings through
negotiation. Evidence value for money that can be demonstrated to our
customers.
• Initiate a risk based approach to supplier
tendering, selection and award, building in commercial analysis of
tenders / negotiations to ensure caveats / assumptions are well
managed the correct financial model is used and any KPIS / SLAs /
Programme risk is negotiated and back-to-back with supply chain.
• Identify innovation and ensure that these are presented to our
accounts to increase revenue and margin opportunities.
• Provide
a culture of continuous improvement delivering improvements that
support the organisation’s requirements, ensuring that account
stakeholders are seen as a customer and engage to gain feedback to set
improvement objectives and deliver against account procurement plan.
Person Specification
• Experience working on large
scale construction projects working within a procurement role.
•
SC and or DV clearance is essential
• Ideally you will
procurement experience working within the FM category.
• Strong
stakeholder management skills
• A passion for procurement and
supply chain
• Experience dealing with complex contracts
•
Strong negotiation skills
Benefits
• £55,000 per annum
+ car allowance
• 25 days holidays + public holidays (option to
buy 5)
• Industry leading Maternity & Paternity Policies
•
Excellence Learning & Development opportunities
• Discount on
Shopping, Gym, Days Out
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Medicash –
Health cash plan
• Employee Assistant Programme – Offering
guidance and advice on Personal, Health, Legal and Financial queries
• Various Rewards & Recognition Awards
• Stable employer
with long-term prospects on the contract
If this opportunity
resonates with you or you may know someone, please send an updated
copy of your CV to (url removed)