Senior Procurement Specialist

1 month ago


Walsall, Walsall, United Kingdom Babcock International Group Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Buyer to join our Procurement and Supply Chain team at our Walsall site. As a Senior Buyer, you will play a key part in driving sourcing strategies and managing key suppliers to provide dynamic supply solutions across the Babcock business.

Key Responsibilities

  • Preparing and issuing Invitations to Tender or requests for quotations
  • Working collaboratively with Commercial and Legal teams to negotiate contract terms and conditions that motivate supplier performance
  • Managing key suppliers to provide dynamic supply solutions across the Babcock business
  • Expediting requirements to ensure delivery to key project dates
  • Managing the procurement workflow as required and buying materials/services in line with customer required by dates

Essential Experience

  • Experience within a manufacturing/production environment (essential)
  • Experience of low volume manufacturing/direct sourcing
  • Experience driving sourcing strategies
  • An appropriate level of experience in procurement or acquisition of goods and services, as well as experience of leading and managing procurement projects and people

Qualifications

  • Relevant academic qualifications or evidence of continuous professional development, ideally at degree level and/or relevant engineering/supply chain/lean culture experience (desirable)
  • Hold membership of a relevant professional body e.g., Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply level 3 or above (desirable)

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-vetting.

What We Offer

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
  • 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing


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