Fleet Category Procurement Specialist
5 days ago
Job Title: Fleet Category Procurement Specialist
About the Role:
A Fleet Category Manager is required to meet the growing remit across Fleet Procurement. We are looking for someone with previous procurement and operations experience in automotive, fleet, or alternative fuels.
- Understand and execute Biffa procurement processes, becoming skilled in respective process steps and being able to train other Procurement Team members.
- Provide a coaching role in category strategy development, passing on valuable knowledge within the Fleet Procurement team.
- Design Procurement documentation and lead the overall strategy for a category, implementing specific approaches for individual suppliers and the contractual arrangements.
- Negotiate high-value, high-risk contracts with suppliers that protect the business by providing relevant risk management, financial and non-financial benefits to the group.
- Define the risk to the business, apply language to protect the business, and have exclusive alternatives to improve the contract over time.
- Identify and establish strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders to agree effective procurement support and resources aligned to business unit strategy and plans.
Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per annum
Benefits:
- Experience in fleet, automotive, or alternative fuel related categories.
- Financial acumen with the ability to interpret P&L statements and business accounts to work with Finance and Operational stakeholders to realise expected benefits.
- Ability to challenge business processes and purchasing rationale to fully identify business needs and deliver effective business options.
- Knowledgeable of themes of environment, labour/human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement, and the criteria within each which contribute to positive social value.
- Structured approach to full project management including overall plans with activities and milestones, actions, risks, stakeholders identified, and governance defined.
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