Project Procurement Manager

South Yorkshire

Ford & Stanley the Rail Recruitment Consultancy are currently seeking to recruit a Project Procurement Manager for a major client.

Responsibilities :

• Early Involvement for bids and tendering activity
• Participate in project meetings as project core team member to exert a shaping influence at an early stage and to optimise internal workflows and processes.
• Implement procurement processes and controls into the project and informing all involved in Procurement to deliver optimum impact of cost-optimisation potential (Procurement plan, target-costing) and other Procurement targets and to meet requirements relating to deadlines and quality.
• Apply Procurement regulations as per Compliance and organization standards.
• Strategy definition and implementation
• Working with the Procurement team deriving Procurement strategies within the project ensuring their implementation (in particular pooling or utilization of master contracts), as well as identify solution approaches and integrate diverse objectives to achieve the project and the strategic Procurement targets
• Analyse scope of supply and contract agreements within project scope, carry out risk analyses and introduce negotiation recommendations together with Commodity Management (where required) to prepare for negotiations with suppliers (back-to-back where appropriate) and to initiate appropriate measures.
• Negotiation and contract drafting
• Representing the company, head up contractual and price negotiations and/or support the project buyers responsible for particular material fields (in particular those not covered by any Commodity Management) to secure project targets with optimum conditions. Utilise suitable contract templates which meet the requirements ensuring compliance with signature protocol.
• Supplier Management
• Provide supplier information to the project and conduct project-specific supplier evaluations (project evaluations).
• Risk and opportunity management
• Identify particular Procurement risks, opportunities and market forces during the project together with the Commodity Management to avoid potential damage / exploit potential opportunities through tailored risk and claim management (e.g. contractual framework

Experience :

• It is essential that candidate has proven strategic Procurement experience and will be qualified to CIPS level or equivalent.
• Experience in managing a virtual team of internal cross-functional partners.
• Have excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Be able to collaborate internally and with external customers.
• Experience of working with Cross functional teams in a Bid & Project Management environment.
• Ideally intermediate knowledge of: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint & SAP experience.
• Knowledge of purchase to pay systems is desirable but not essential

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