Strategic Procurement Specialist
1 month ago
Job Title: Strategic Procurement Specialist / Commodity Manager
Location: Hybrid - Warwick (3 days per week)
About us: Consultants on Demand: a consultancy start-up with global backing.
Imagine Consultants on Demand: a consultancy service offered by Randstad Sourceright across all our clients in the UK and Ireland. Imagine enjoying the dynamic culture of being a consultant across many industries and markets whilst being part of a global company. It’s a start-up-like environment backed by global security and continuous development.
You can shape your career with us - and grow - by getting the opportunity to work with a number of our clients as well as having access to the continuous learning and development opportunities that RSR has to offer. We encourage our consultants to become pioneers in this space, helping us to evolve the offering for both our clients and our talent.
Imagine doing this together with a community of professionals from different backgrounds and expertise within the consultancy and across the overall RSR global community. Imagine Consultants on Demand.
Consultants on Demand sits within Randstad Sourceright: the global talent strategic partner specialising in talent management solutions including Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Managed Service Programs (MSP), Integrated Talent Solutions including this brand-new consultancy offering.
Overview:
The role is within Aero derivative Gas Turbine Procurement team, where they champion productivity, quality, and digital innovation to redefine clean energy solutions.
As a seasoned Procurement professional, you'll lead critical initiatives and orchestrate negotiations to secure optimal contracts.
Your role involves cultivating robust supplier relationships, analysing market dynamics, and driving cost-saving measures.
Collaborating closely with customers, you'll ensure alignment with evolving needs while spearheading performance enhancements. Join our diverse team and shape the future of sustainable procurement in the energy sector.
Role:
- Plan negotiations, define awarding strategy and prepare sourcing board approvals, respecting the suppliers defined by the commodity strategy, to enable pooling potential
- Negotiate local, regional, or multi-site contracts in conjunction with relevant procurement managers, or independently. This includes negotiating prices, delivery schedules, and payment terms, among other specific
- Contribute to EcoSystem commodity strategy, and develop a business listing of preferred suppliers
- Manage the relationship with assigned suppliers (in alignment with CM/GCM when applicable)
- Support and maintain supplier segmentation of the relevant supply base via actively representing the Customer view in Commodity Circles
- Analyse local and regional market trends and their utilisation in commodity strategy
- Identify customer requirements and support the execution process, providing input into the sourcing process.
- Monitor supplier performance and inform relevant customers about this performance
- Generates, documents and implement savings measures; monitor and reports relevant KPIs.
- Drive early procurement / supplier involvement and cost-out activities.
- Identify procurement risks and opportunities and implement respective measures
- Identify potential contractual items and liaises (if relevant) with the strategic commodity management to ensure such items are added to existing contracts or appropriate contracts are established
- Implement Commodity Strategies and define local/regional material field strategy for non-pooled commodities
Experience & Skills:
- Experience working in a complex, constantly evolving global organisational environment.
- 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing/commodity management.
- Outstanding Excel skills.
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and customer management skills.
- Excellent commercial, contractual, and project management competence.
- Familiarity with component Manufacturing processes and Quality
- Knowledge of working with a global supplier base, in a matrix environment.
What we offer:
We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalised to meet the needs of your reality—to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.
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