Strategic Procurement Specialist

4 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Lorien Full time
Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

As a Strategic Procurement Officer, you will be responsible for sourcing the supply of IT & Telco Services in accordance with all internal policies and procedures and external legislation, including Utilities Contract Regulations (where applicable).

Reporting Structure:

You will report to the Strategic Category Manager and work closely with Category Managers and Procurement Officers as well as the Business in the development of both standard and complex contracting and sourcing strategies.

Key Skills and Experience:

You will have a broad knowledge of IT & Telco markets, business needs and UK Procurement Legislation, able to put this into overall context.

You'll have a good understanding of relevant statutory and legal provisions, with a strong ability to draft contracts with special terms. An understanding of standard form contracts NEC3 is desirable, but not essential.

Experience in the use of Procurement related systems, such as Oracle ebusiness, Jaggaer Bravo and Achilles Utility Vendor Database or similar systems would be beneficial.

Requirements:

  1. Ability to work closely with Stakeholders to understand their requirements, manage expectations and influence people outside your sphere of responsibility.
  2. Understanding of the supply chain and how to manage it.
  3. Target-focused and result-driven individual, able to bring about change.
  4. Self-confidence and independence to challenge the norm, think creatively, and negotiate well.
  5. Excellent communication and numeracy skills, with a highly-developed drafting and writing ability.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team at Lorien and contribute to the development of our procurement strategies.



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