Procurement Senior Buyer
5 days ago
We are seeking an experienced procurement professional to join our team at National Grid plc as a Senior Procurement Buyer. The successful candidate will be responsible for executing the infrastructure competition, which is a unique responsibility for the electricity system operator (Future Systems Operator) or NESO from July 2024.
Key Responsibilities- Executing the end-to-end procurement for Early Competition.
- Managing the full tender process and presenting sourcing recommendations for approval at an executive level, by demonstrating expertise on the procurement process and by providing clear rationale to support decisions.
- Building, maintaining, and influencing stakeholder relationships to ensure clear alignment between procurement and wider business planning including the NESO Network Competition team and Ofgem to define the tender scope.
- Building and releasing RFPs, negotiating with new and existing suppliers and supplier management during the selection process.
- Expert influencing, negotiation, and relationship management skills to drive commercial value through supporting Ofgem, to award commercially sound terms through their licence arrangements and their ongoing licence management.
- Undertaking a lesson learnt review of the procurement and out-turn costs, including benchmarking and data collection.
- Ensuring effective compliance with functional standards and policies, and a focus on continuous performance improvement.
- Acting as an advisor and expert on all procurement issues across the stakeholders, internal and external.
- Knowledge of relevant procurement regulations and how to operate within the framework.
- Experience as a Senior Procurement Buyer on large-scale, multi-national or cross-functional utilities or major infrastructure programmes.
- Experience of strategic sourcing, category management, leading & negotiating high complexity and value large-scale procurements.
- Skills in project reporting including KPIs within either procurement, delivery or operational stages of complex infrastructure projects.
- A competitive salary between £50,000 - £59,000pa – dependent on experience and capability.
- As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on company performance.
- 26 days annual leave as standard.
- A competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
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