Procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago

Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Allwyn UK Full time
About Allwyn UK:

Allwyn UK is a leading lottery operator with a strong presence in the UK market. As part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group, we are committed to delivering a world-class National Lottery experience that benefits Good Causes.

We are currently undergoing a major transformation to build a bigger, better, and safer National Lottery. This presents a unique opportunity for talented individuals to join our team and play a key role in shaping the future of the National Lottery.

Job Purpose:

The Procurement department is responsible for managing and setting Procurement governance, policies, and controls for Allwyn Entertainment Ltd. As a Supplier Relationship Manager, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining best practice and driving positive supplier relationships across the Allwyn Supply Chain.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Present monthly dashboards to the Head of Procurement, highlighting progress on Supplier Management and key actions from Monthly Business Reviews.
  • Manage and improve supplier performance, ensuring robust Supplier Performance Management is undertaken with regular supplier and stakeholder meetings.
  • Lead the development of robust KPIs, Performance Measures, and Service Credits for all significant contracts agreed with Heads of Category.
  • Contribute to the development of a database of contract information, ensuring Procurement, Supplier Relationship Manager, and business functions have a robust contract database that is up to date at all times.
  • Develop and produce a Summary Supplier Performance Management Dashboard and rankings by vendor, to be published monthly to Procurement and other internal stakeholders.
  • Resolve any supplier disputes to conclusion.
  • Support procurement colleagues to identify in-contract savings through efficiency and drive implementation of savings from other key areas.
  • Actively seek out Supplier Innovation and Best Practice to deliver best value to Allwyn and resolve real-time business problems or enable competitive advantage.
  • You will also support the Social Value team in maintaining a positive and collaborative culture.
  • Continually assess and promote sustainable and responsible procurement, in line with Allwyn's Social Value framework, including social, cultural, and diversity values in the organisation and throughout the supply chain.
  • Manage issues/risks and incidents through to resolution, ensuring sufficient evidence is available that the item has been appropriately resolved with appropriate internal reporting undertaken.
  • Ensure all auditing rights are adhered to, undertake supplier audits, control testing on key areas of potential risk exposure, and compliance sample checks.
  • Set up and manage a change request process and capture and report of contractual and scope changes.

Key Skills and Experience:
  • Extensive experience of procurement supplier/contract management, with experience managing relationships with blue-chip and SME suppliers.
  • Strong commercial awareness with the ability and experience of driving value in supply chains.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience of delivering process improvement in a complex environment.
  • Relationship management with an ability to work across boundaries.
  • The ability to work resiliently under pressure alongside strong planning, organising, and communications skills.
  • Excellent communications and influencing skills, and the ability to clearly present and discuss solutions at all levels.
  • Experience in undertaking, and successfully concluding, difficult commercial conversations with both internal stakeholders and external parties as well as contractual dispute resolution within a commercial environment.
  • Strong Commercial acumen background with the ability to negotiate and provide good value for money.
  • Willingness and enthusiasm to attend partner events, representing the organization in a professional manner.
  • An agent for change, who's able to bring people together to solve complex problems.

Benefits:
  • 34 days paid leave (This includes bank holidays).
  • 2 x Life Days.
  • 4 x Salary of Life Insurance.
  • Pension: We'll contribute 8.5%.
  • BUPA.
  • £500 wellness allowance.
  • Income Protection.

As part of our onboarding processes, all successful candidates will need to complete both a Pre-Employment Screening process and a Fit & Proper check by the Gambling Commission. These checks include a DBS (an enhanced check, which shows convictions and conditional cautions), credit and social media checks. As part of our application process, you will be asked to identify in advance if you have spent or unspent convictions that we need to be aware of.

Should you not disclose convictions at the application stage, not pass the Fit & Proper Check process or not complete your Pre-Employment Screening then unfortunately you may not pass our probation process.

All data will be handled in accordance with our data policies and treated with utmost confidentiality.

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