Procurement Manager in Buckinghampshire, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Procurement Manager
Milton Keynes
Contract
My client currently has an opportunity for a Procurement Manager securing corporate services, HR, Training and travel. This is on a contract basis in the Milton Keynes area. You’ll provide a sourcing service that delivers commercial arrangements throughout the company for an area of significant spend consistent with agreed category strategies through the application for my client’s Sourcing framework. You’ll be responsible for developing relationships at an appropriate level to support the business needs.
As the Procurement Manager your Key Responsibilities will be to:-
- Develop and maintain relations with customers, suppliers and between key functions. Leading to
- achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Promote cross-functional strategic analysis and decision making and total cost of ownership
- principles, taking account of business-wide demand and supply forecasts. Develop and
- implement effective category, contracting and supplier strategies that mitigate supply market
- risks and reduce the cost of procured materials and services, in accordance with the governance
- process and applying fact-based principles based upon rigorous demand and supply analysis.
- Contribute towards category, contracting and supplier strategies and develop and implement
- strategies as appropriate.
- Manage the effective sourcing, tendering and negotiation of goods or services with a value of
- up to c£250m annually to achieve business priorities, efficiency targets, compliance with Network
- Rail policies and in line with procedures, governance, legal (including EU Directives) and
- regulatory requirements.
- Maintain an appropriate supplier base.
- Implement appropriate controls and audit regimes that enable compliance with company
- procurement and commercial policies and procedures.
- Make decisions based on ‘value for money’ on ‘a whole life cost basis,’ encompass sustainable
- solutions, remove unnecessary waste without loss of function, eliminate process redundancies,
- challenge specifications, consolidate volumes and standardise processes.
- Capture financial and non-financial benefits. Communicate the scope and benefits and respond
- to any price / service level challenges.
Key Skills, Experience:-
A customer focussed approach.
Excellent interpersonal, influential, communication and organisational skills
Demonstrable track record of practical effectiveness in strategic sourcing and supply chain contexts.
Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
Proven track record of benefits delivery through the application of strategic sourcing techniques and use of relevant systems.
An innovative approach to pricing strategies.
Deals with people with integrity, providing constructive feedback.
Experience of e-sourcing or other electronic tendering systems
Qualifications Required:-
Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to Degree level. (Desirable)
Experience of e-sourcing or other electronic tendering systems
Are you looking for a new opportunity and challenge?
Do you want to be part of a company who is heading major projects?
This is a great opportunity for the right person
Do you have the skills, experience and the qualifications for this opportunity?
If the answer is yes; in order to be considered for this opportunity please forward your C.V. in the first instance to Farrah:- <email address removed> or call Farrah on Tel:- <phone number removed> to discuss this opportunity in more detail
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