Procurement Officer

Job Ref

ROAK266-7

City:
Annesley

Department

Procurement

Salary

Status

Full Time

Type

Permanent

**More details**:
Indirect Procurement Officer - Facilities

The Company

Yusen Logistics is working to become the world’s preferred supply chain logistics company. Our complete offer is designed to forge better connections between businesses, customers and communities - through innovative supply chain management, freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution services. As a company we’re dedicated to a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring everyone who works with us is committed, connected and creative in making us the world’s preferred choice.

The Benefits
- Salary of £35,000
- 25 days' holiday (excluding bank holidays)
- Car allowance of £5000 per annum
- Company Pension Scheme
- Employee benefits i.e. Discount schemes including E-vouchers and gift cards, gym membership as well as a recognition platform
- Critical Illness Cover
- Tailored development and career opportunities
- Company sick pay*
- Employee Wellness initiatives - WeCare
- includes 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and more

This is an unmissable opportunity for a CIPS qualified procurement professional with experience of multi-site operations to join our organisation as we continue our mission to become the world’s preferred logistics company.

If you thrive on efficiency and enjoy optimising performance, this is a fantastic chance to truly enhance your professional experience and expertise by joining an international logistics company with a reputation for productivity.

What’s more our fantastic selection of benefits means that all of your hard work will be recognised and well rewarded, ensuring that you remain happy in your home life as well as your professional one.

The Role

As an Indirect Procurement Officer, you will support the effective procurement of goods and services from our suppliers.

Aiming to achieve the best value for money possible, you will conduct market analysis to identify potential suppliers and negotiate the best possible delivery of services.

Building excellent relationships with suppliers and stakeholders, you will implement service level agreements, aligned to our contract management, to monitor suppliers against targets.

Additionally, you will:

- Liaise with colleagues to increase awareness of our procurement policies
- Undertake supplier benchmarking
- Use market intelligence to advise on achieving business targets

About You

To be considered as an Indirect Procurement Officer, you will need:

- At a minimum, a Level 4 CIPS qualification or relevant experience
- Experience within a procurement function for a multi-site organisation
- Experienced in using Excel at an advanced level
- The ability to build sustainable and productive relationships with suppliers
- Fantastic communication and influencing skills
- A full, valid driving licence and access to your own a vehicle

Ideally, you will have experience of dealing with multiple vendors.

Other organisations might call this role Procurement Officer, Purchasing Officer, Supply Chain and Procurement Officer, or Buyer.

Webrecruit and Yusen Logistics are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.