Indirect Procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom TQR Full time
Job Title: Indirect Contracts Specialist

We are seeking an experienced Indirect Procurement professional to join our team at TQR in Plymouth. As an Indirect Contracts Specialist, you will play a key role in driving minimal indirect spend for the company, managing inventory to ensure timely delivery of indirect goods and services.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Competitive bid indirect requirements, coming via electronic purchase requisitions from other teams or via the capital expenditure form, securing the best value for money against service deals for the company.
  • Develop, negotiate, and manage meaningful contracts with suppliers to ensure best total price and service levels.
  • Identify cost savings opportunities on our indirect expenditure and action them, leading projects from start to finish, involving all stakeholders.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key indirect suppliers.
  • Identify and evaluate potential new suppliers / dual sourcing.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce indirect inventory and implement effective actions to achieve these reductions.
  • Ensure compliance to sourcing and contracting policies, procedures, risk management programs, and ethics.
  • Identify potential risks in contracts and develop strategies to mitigate them.
  • Prepare regular reports on contract status, performance, and savings achieved.
  • Identify best for business solutions and trade-off evaluations.
  • Support the Direct Purchasing Manager when required and be their absence cover.
  • Support Head of Purchasing with augmentation of Purchasing strategy and deployment.
  • Coordinate the on-site integrated supplier (manage the on-site team, monitor service levels, cost-saving activities).
Essential Qualifications, Knowledge & Candidate Attributes:
  • Proven Indirect procurement experience gained from within a Manufacturing or Engineering environment.
  • A Bachelor's Degree, or higher, in Business Management, Business Studies, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Law, or a similar related discipline.
  • CIPS level 5 or higher.
  • Experience with drafting and negotiating contracts.
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional projects.
  • Good business acumen.
  • Strong understanding of UK contract law and procurement regulations.
  • Thorough understanding of ABC XYZ classification and real-world management of optimisation strategies.
  • Capital expenditure budgeting and approval procedures.
  • Assertive with good communication skills in both written and verbal form.
  • Able to develop strong effective relationships internally and outside of the organisation coupled with excellent Negotiation skills.
  • Excel and SAP proficiency.
  • Proactive coupled with an Analytical mindset.
  • Self-starter, team player.
  • Organised with a focussed attention to detail.


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