Procurement / Supply Chain Advisor

3 days ago

Leicester, United Kingdom Mercer Ritchie Ltd Full time

FM and property management company who operating in the corporate, healthcare, education, retail & leisure and local authority & central government sectors.

As part of continued growth, an opportunity has arisen for a Strategic Services Buyer to join the Procurement & Supply Chain Team. The key purpose of the role is to drive the Procurement and Supplier Relationship strategies and processes for the multi-sector property portfolio for a blue chip client, ensuring compliance across the business and delivery of the agreed business targets and savings.

KEY PURPOSE

The primary focus of this role is to ensure effective, efficient and cohesive operational supply chain support to clients and internal stakeholders.

You will need to develop and maintain great working relationships with appropriate personnel at the correct levels both internally and externally and ensure a consistent supply chain management message is given to suppliers and clients.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Tactical management of suppliers in accordance with the requirements of the Client

Provide supplier performance and market intelligence to internal customers to enable the company to ensure the right supplier is in the right location

Responsible for the delivery of supplier transitions during site openings/closure and following tender opportunities

Hold structured review meetings with appropriate FM hard and soft services contractors, suppliers and professional bodies to develop a constructive and open relationship to mutual advantage

Utilise and interpret performance measurement metrics and data in the generation of supplier scorecards and client dashboards.

Be credible in front of suppliers and clients when discussing tools and techniques used to monitor and measure supplier performance. Establish appropriate action plans to manage underperforming suppliers.

To ensure all existing and new suppliers are assessed against risk criteria

Undertake lower level tender opportunities and support high risk tenders

COMPETENCIES
- Have previous procurement / supply chain management experience within a supplier or customer facing role
- Have CIPS level 3 or be willing to achieve
- Have demonstrable knowledge of supplier engagement
- Have experience in stakeholder management and cross-functional team working
- Have demonstrable knowledge of data analysis

CORE QUALITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
- Confident Communicator
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills

SALARY
To £25k + 25 days holiday + 6% pension

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £24,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus scheme

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Reference ID: B-1424

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