Senior Procurement Consultant

**Senior Procurement Consultant**
**Glasgow (Hybrid working)**
**Competitive salary, plus up to 10% performance related bonus**
**Permanent, happy to talk flexible working**

**_What you'll do
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As a Senior Procurement Consultant, you’ll provide competitive advantage and cost reductions in the acquisition of goods, works and services through procurement and supply chain activities. This will include the management of suppliers and the negotiation of high value complex contracts within our Corporate Procurement team.

You’ll provide end to end stakeholder support through building key relationships internally across ScottishPower and the Iberdrola Group, particularly in Spain, and externally with a range of suppliers from local SMEs to global strategic partners. We will look for you to cover all aspects of procurement strategy through to contract award and supporting contract management including supplier and market research, tendering, negotiation of high-value and complex contracts, and analysis and presentation of proposals that are in the best interests of the Company. This is in addition to establishing commercial effectiveness of projects, aligning processes, undertaking risk management and control, and supplying project insights through management information and reporting.

Leading in the delivery of projects to ensure a high-quality service is achieved, being able to use your knowledge and expertise to develop high-quality procurement solutions for your business area, while actively engaging in the negotiation and any mobilisation of the project-based work.

Working in the Corporate Procurement team you will be responsible for tendering a wide variety of contracts for stakeholders across the entire ScottishPower Group. From IT contracts for software, hardware and support services including strategic developments for cyber security and OT infrastructure, to Corporate service contracts for temporary recruitment, training, security, fire maintenance and marketing.

**_What you'll bring_**:
To join, you’ll understand both tactical and strategic procurement principles, practices and processes - being confident to develop appropriate contracting strategies and negotiating important one-off contracts and framework agreements that meet the business timescales and specifications.

You know procurement - supplier engagement and development, tendering, commercial management and negotiation. Being a confident Procurement professional, you are self-driven, analytically strong and are able to prioritise and manage multiple projects independently. You are a strong communicator who can persuade, challenge, and build credibility with key stakeholders and strive to deliver results. You are team oriented and enjoy the improving and sharing of best practices with others. All of this will be supported by your adaptability to change, attention to detail, working to timelines and confidence in the use of Microsoft Excel to work with formulae and calculations.

**_What's in it for you_**:
As well as a competitive salary, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

And at ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Incentive and Share Save Schemes
- Payroll giving and charity matched funding
- Technology vouchers - spread the cost of your technology purchases
- Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
- Electric Vehicle Loan Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans
- And options to purchase dental or health insurance, shopping and gym discounts, nudge financial wellbeing support, and many more

**Why ScottishPower**
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the c