Procurement Specialist

6 days ago

Sittingbourne, Kent, United Kingdom Knauf Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Procurement Specialist to join our team at Knauf. This exciting role will provide an opportunity to build a unique career in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Procurement Solutions: Provide effective procurement solutions across both direct and indirect supplier categories, balancing total cost, quality, and service.
  • Supplier Relationship Management: Present Knauf as a customer of choice, improve supplier performance by reducing costs and business risk, and embed supplier relationship management into core categories.
  • Compliance and Reporting: Maintain a high level of compliance to the Knauf Procurement Policy to achieve global key performance indicator targets and support the roadmap to reporting Scope 3 Carbon Emissions within Procurement and supplier management.
  • Financial Savings: Deliver, record, and report financial savings through procurement-led activity.
  • Leadership and Collaboration: Lead, support, and guide colleagues and stakeholders through procurement processes with varying degrees of complexity, and lead cross-functional projects to achieve the best outcome for the business.
  • Data Analysis: Analyze and interpret various sources of data, turning data into meaningful, insightful, and easily understandable information.
  • Communication: Comfortable presenting information to stakeholder groups at all levels.
Requirements:
  • Procurement Knowledge: Strong knowledge of procurement processes, contract management, and supplier relationship management.
  • Technical Skills: SAP or ERP System experience.
  • Business Acumen: Understanding of the wider business processes and financial tools.
What We Offer:
  • Flexible Working: This is an agile role, offering flexible working from home.
  • Employee Benefits: Three paid days leave for community, charitable, or voluntary commitments, 7% employer pension contribution, Westfield Cashplan Healthcare, Income Protection, and a Reward & Benefits platform.
  • Professional Development: Access to Employee Assistance Program (legal or medical advice), Life Assurance (4 x your basic salary), and a counsellor and life coach offered to all employees free of charge.

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