Sourcing Specialist

1 month ago


Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Network Rail Full time

Job Introduction This role sits in Route Services, a business area that has been created to supply services to the routes in the safest, most cost-efficient, and effective way, enabling them to benefit from economies of scale and optimised national resources.
Network Rail’s Commercial & Procurement (C&P) leads the development and delivery of commercial strategies encompassing the whole lifecycle of category strategies, sourcing, supplier management and procurement operations.

We are passionate about working with our customers and the supply chain to buy and manage great commercial solutions that deliver value for passengers.

The Materials, Operations and Logistics specialist C&P team within the larger C&P team are responsible for sourcing a wide range of category specific products and services to support the maintenance of our rail infrastructure including:

- Heavy materials (e.g. rail, sleepers, ballast)
- Infrastructure materials (signalling, electrical and other lineside equipment) plus related storage and distribution services
- Road fleet services
- On-track services such as loco haulage, engineering trains, seasonal track treatment (e.g. leaves on the line) High Output track renewals and high speed infrastructure monitoring using train-borne technology, as well as the components and suppliers needed to maintain and renew them

Main Responsibilities
Manage the sourcing activities for medium cost and business risk opportunities and work collaboratively with relevant customers and stakeholders to create and deliver commercial and contractual value
- Develop and manage the sourcing process from business requirement to contract signature, on behalf of key customers and stakeholders, for medium cost and business risk opportunities, utilising, where relevant, commercial purpose-built models, to create and deliver commercial and contractual value, in support of the C&P Director’s annual savings target
- Implement approved Integrated Category Strategies (ICS) through the development and delivery of the qualified Sourcing pipeline, in collaboration with the relevant Category Manager and relevant customers and stakeholders, to release the full defined savings and benefits value committed to within the ICS
- Negotiate sourcing enabled savings and benefit opportunities, in collaboration with all relevant customers and stakeholders, approved by Finance and applied to budgets where applicable, in support of the C&P Director’s savings target
- Facilitate the transition of Sourcing led execution to Strategic Supplier Management, to manage a seamless customer experience from business requirement through to post contract signature and position the Supplier Management team to optimise their delivery of full contractual and relationship value
- Demand manage customer and stakeholder common sourcing requirements to maximise overall Group-wide commercial value, with a politically aware engagement and direct influencing style across multiple Routes and Regions, in a complex, devolved organisation
- Develop process and execute activity related to contract variations, amendments and changes, to include contract administration, in collaboration with Supplier Management team, to maintain an accurate supplier data profile in the event of dispute or the invoking of contingency plans
- Develop and manage sourcing aligned continuous improvement activities, demand pipeline assessments and annual customer satisfaction surveys, to deliver an enhanced customer experience, aligned to the Vision and best in class Procurement ambition
- Educated to a Business or Economics degree standard or equivalent business experience
- Demonstrable level of Sourcing experience, with a track record of savings delivery
- Experience with negotiation and dispute resolution skill set
- Experience with contract law and financial management
- Experience with driving value from sourcing opportunities
- Experienced with agile cross-functional collaborative working methods
- Politically aware, with the proven ability to use direct and indirect influencing strategies at an executive level
- Experience of problem-solving complex sourcing specific challenges
- Completer finisher mindset

**Also, it would great if you could have**
- Detailed knowledge of the UK Rail Industry, including procurement processes in a reclassified environment
- Experience with agile cross-functional collaborative working methods

About The Company
- We are committed to a diverse workplace enriched with representation_ from diverse cultures, backgrounds and skills. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where difference is embraced, and individuals can thrive. We recognise that the success of the team is dependent on a multi-cultural, multi-disciplined group of individuals, aligned to deliver successful solutions._
- At Network Rail, we have several employee networks to reflect our diverse population and help to raise issues to the wider workforce and support their members


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