Procurement Specialist
2 days ago
**Responsibilities**:
This is a customer facing role to provide our clients with high quality Procurement Support covering the full spectrum of procurement services. You will be running procurement activities on behalf of or alongside client key stakeholders in an advisory role.
This includes: managing and driving down total acquisition costs, strategic sourcing, developing supporting documentation and contract negotiation. Customer and supplier meetings and training sessions will be part of the role in the medium to long term soan enthusiasm for meeting people and driving stronger relationships is essential.
Skills Desired:
- End to end Procurement/Sourcing experience, including tenders for frameworks
- Public Sector Procurement experience (minimum 2 years)
- Good negotiation skills
- Track record of achieving cost savings
- Experience of negotiating keen eye to identify areas and opportunities for cost saving
- Building strong relationships with Internal Stakeholders in order to effectively serve their needs, often with shorter than expected timescales
- Must be a proactive and confident individual, eager to develop their skills within the purchasing department and display enthusiasm for career progression within procurement
- Strong organisation skills and ability to manage multiple activities at the same time
- Attention to detail for creating and presenting documents to clients and SLT
- Fantastic people and communication skills with a strong ability to collaborate with people at all levels of a business
Talents Required:
- Innovative - creative and interested in finding solutions to overcome challenges
- Excited and positive outlook - success motivated
- Growth Mindset - always learning and ambitious
- Tenacity - A desire to make things happen
- Self-Motivated and team orientated - capable of working with a varied and often geographically dispersed team
- Adaptable and thrives on change in a fast-paced business
**Experience**:
- Minimum 3 years' procurement experience with businesses
- Must have a proven track record of achieving results with the ability to perform to demanding deadlines
- Degree Level or Equivalent or relevant work experience
- Demonstrable examples of achieving cost savings on behalf of employer(s) and/or custom
- CIPS level 4
**Benefits**:
- Hybrid working
- Support for CIPS qualification
- 23 days holiday
- NEST Pension
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