Procurement Specialist
2 weeks ago
The Senior Buyer will play a key role in the Vigilant Procurement & Supply Chain team, supporting the Procurement Manager in establishing project procurement mechanics. This involves working closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely implementation of procurement processes.
Key Responsibilities- Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain team members, stakeholders, and suppliers to select, evaluate, and approve new suppliers, and reassess existing ones.
- Utilize business acumen, external environment analysis, supplier intelligence, and vulnerability assessments to make risk-based recommendations on supplier suitability.
- Provide guidance on procurement policies to non-Procurement staff, highlighting the added value of these processes.
- Implement supplier management and development techniques, addressing under-performance instances both internally and externally.
- Participate in cross-functional site assessments of suppliers, identifying potential risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Monitor and support mitigation of supplier risks and opportunities, such as responsible trading, financial insolvency, cyber security, business continuity, and product safety competence.
- Develop an in-depth understanding of how Procurement and Supply Chain coordinates efforts with other functions to achieve shared objectives.
- Stay up-to-date on legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements, and priorities, and governance for the area of responsibility.
- Understand the line of business' strategy and priorities, delivering procurement support that best meets them.
- Familiarize yourself with the UK Defence Sector and its supply chain, recognizing key players in the market.
- Knowledge of MoD procurement processes.
- Develop strong communication and influencing skills, able to generate positive outcomes across the team and with external suppliers.
- Able to handle all scenarios when dealing with Procurement and Supply Chain activities.
- Comfortable addressing poor performance and handling difficult people.
- A proactive approach to solving problems, guiding cross-functional stakeholders to make informed decisions based on risk and opportunity analysis, business acumen, knowledge, experience, and total cost of acquisition principles.
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