Group Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist

Our client is a leader within the built environment and undertake projects UK wide. The company are in a period of growth and now have a permanent vacancy for a Group Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist.

Procurement:

• Drive commercial and added value benefits through negotiation of best value Group Frameworks / Agreements
• Make recommendations and businesses cases to the Group Procurement & Supply Chain Manager, Director and other stakeholders for new group agreements and frameworks. Including presentation of data, recommendation papers and presentations where appropriate
• Ensure that products to be procured via Group Frameworks are compliant with all legislative/statutory requirements
• Develop and execute contracts with key supply chain partners identified as best value via the strategic procurement process
• Manage strategic relationships with key supply chain partners through a regular series of structured/formal review sessions and information exchange, supported by BU stakeholders where appropriate. Driving consistent approaches across the business and significantly improving quality and service levels.
• Police the frameworks at Strategic level to ensure they are adhered to and not usurped, tackling slippage appropriately with supply chain and business units
• Work with all business unit teams to ensure identified direct and third-party rebate opportunities are maximised and recovered
• Liaison between business units and Preferred Suppliers & Manufacturersto ensure that Value Enhancement, Innovation and Saving opportunities are maximised
• Procurement & supply chain representative to ensure alignment with PMO activities including development of the dashboard
• Manage the applications for rebate payments and work with the finance teams to ensure monies are paid to invoiced terms

Supply Chain:

• Development of our Sub-Contractor Database and alignment of our database with third party data sources
• Collation of various data sources, aligning them with our PMO dashboard and analyse of trends for risk management and to identify improvement opportunities. Sharing and communicating relative information with the wider business
• Contributes to and develops our performance measurement culture and processes - ensuring the process and understanding of why its required is embedded within the business
• Links performance measurement to our supply chain databases and PMO dashboard and analyses information accordingly to provide early warnings and opportunities to the wider business
• Leads on strategic supply chain engagement via a variety of mediums including social media, engagement events, annual conference(s) and builds a recognition & reward incentive/awards
• Embeds a formalised performance improvement process aligned to performance measurement and relationship maturity matrix, and works with the wider business to ensure a consistent tangible approach is adopted and measured
• Measure and improve our supply chains maturity in terms of ESG
• Be a leader in bringing innovation to the wider group by aligning our group business(s) with supply chain innovations, trialling new products and solutions and developing business cases where appropriate for wider application/use

Qualifications & Skills:

• 10 years’ experience in Procurement & Supply Chain roles in the Construction sector, with additional sector experience also a preference
• Construction and/or Business-related Qualifications - including NVQ, BSc, BA, MSc
• MCIPS
• Proficient IT skills particularly in Excel, PowerBi, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook
• Ability to handle and analyse large volumes of data quickly and accurately - utilising information to identify risks and opportunities
• Utilises data to support decisions and business improvement and able to represent data accurately to back up business cases & recommendations - both orally and visually
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Collaborative and forward thinking
• National travel required to Group Offices, Projects and Supply Chain

Monday to Friday - Full Time