Procurement Strategist

As a key member of the TVS Supply Chain Solutions UK & Europe team, the Procurement Strategist will play a crucial role in driving business growth, increasing margins, and implementing cost-saving initiatives.

• Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement procurement strategies to support business objectives, ensuring competitive commercial offerings and solution designs.
• Provide strategic purchasing input and support to the Business Development team, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Lead Supply Chain Management activities to drive commodity strategies creation and cost reduction plans, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Identify and develop new supply chains to support business objectives, maintaining close working relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Produce commercial modeling and pricing proposals for bid submissions, ensuring accurate and competitive pricing.
• Main Duties & Responsibilities:
• Provide strategic procurement input to ensure competitive commercial offerings and solution designs for new business opportunities.
• Lead large-scale commercial pricing projects, identifying risks and opportunities, and developing mitigation strategies.
• Create and develop strategic long-term category strategies with a time plan and cost/benefit proposal, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Create and deliver strategic bid presentations, representing the procurement function in internal and external meetings, and negotiating key commercial data and supplier agreements.
• Identify and mitigate supply and commercial risks within the supply chain, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Review contracts and terms and conditions, identifying procurement risks and responsibilities, and developing strategies to mitigate these risks.
• Support bid writing and gathering of information required for bid submission, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
• Negotiate all key commercial data and supplier agreements relative to a specific project, ensuring competitive pricing and terms.
• Lead strategic supplier negotiations to eliminate/reduce costs and obtain preferential terms, maintaining strong relationships with key vendors.
• Implement supplier rebates and other mechanisms for obtaining cost reduction, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Build and drive relationships with key vendors to improve pricing and quality of services, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Develop strong and effective external client relationships to ensure the needs of the customer are understood and met, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Contribute to the development of departmental key processes, ensuring alignment with company policies and procedures.
• Ensure part compliance and product attribute data is maintained and available, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.

• Qualifications and Experience:
• Previous significant experience in a procurement sourcing environment, with a proven track record of driving business growth and cost savings.
• Bid work experience, engaging with strategic suppliers to ensure competitive commercial position, and developing strategies to mitigate risks.
• MCIPS qualified or working towards, with a strong understanding of procurement principles and practices.
• Experience in project management and/or managing a large programme of work from sourcing to delivery, ensuring accurate and timely delivery.
• Strategic sourcing experience, developing category and sourcing strategies across multiple stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Able to lead a project team independently, as well as work as part of a team, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Evidence of stakeholder management, with a strong ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
• Ability to present information in a clear, concise manner up to senior leadership team level, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Professional and ethical in approach, with a strong commitment to company values and policies.
• Excellent communicator at all levels across all media, with a strong ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
• Demonstrable track record in managing direct relationships with major suppliers, ensuring competitive pricing and terms.
• Strong commercial acumen, with a strong understanding of procurement principles and practices.
• Able to identify opportunities for improvement, and develop strategies to mitigate risks and improve processes.
• Full driving license and willingness to travel, with a strong ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Sector experience in the following markets desirable (but not essential): Defence, Automotive, Utilities, Beverage equipment.

• Competitive Salary and Pension Scheme:
• Competitive salary and pension scheme with life assurance, ensuring a secure and stable financial future.
• 25 Days Holiday and Holiday Buy-Back Scheme:
• 25 days holiday (plus 8 statutory Bank Holidays) and holiday buy-back scheme (5 additional days available), ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
• Employee Assistance Programme:
• Employee Assistance Programme supporting wellness, with immediate access to GP consultation and second opinions, mental health support, financial and legal support, and wellbeing and healthy living support.
• Employee Referral Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme:
• Employee referral scheme with financial reward, and cycle to work scheme, ensuring a healthy and sustainable work environment.
• Professional Membership and Study Sponsorship:
• Professional membership and study sponsorship, ensuring ongoing professional development and growth.
• Pass Scheme:
• Pass scheme (£100 to undertake training of your choice), ensuring ongoing professional development and growth.

At TVS Supply Chain Solutions UK & Europe, we are committed to empowering our employees to realise their potential, and achieve high-impact results that make a difference to our business and our customers.

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