Procurement Specialist - Direct LPGraPSD

Procurement Specialist – Direct

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as our Procurement Specialist - Direct. Joining us on a full time, permanent basis (Monday – Friday 8.30 – 5.30pm), with a minimum of three days a week at our Gravesend office.

The Procurement Specialist - Direct will be responsible for performing and overseeing Moove’s Direct Procurement (primarily Base Oil and Additives) for its Manufacturing of Lubricants in the UK.

• End to end management of Procurement for Moove Europe – Direct Categories (Base Oil and Additives)
• Category Strategy – short term tactical plan of negotiations and tenders, commercial engagements and long term strategy (multi-round game theory)
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  Conditions:
  
  Deep understanding of standards and Market practice and capacity to negotiate contracts, MoUs, and other commercial and technical agreements
• Base Oil Trading strategy and execution, including elaboration of Sourcing and Sale strategies and monitoring exposures, arbitrage and management of potential embedded derivatives (in case of trade imbalance)
• Strategic Partnerships with Critical Suppliers
• Risk Management for Critical Suppliers, Raw Materials and Services
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) model and frameworks applied
• Supplier Performance: active monitoring and management to drive continuous improvement - Develop, implement, and track supplier metrics to evaluate and drive performance
• Global Commodities strategy, including active management of Cost Curve of Base Oil across refineries in all continents
• Define and implement procurement strategies at a European and Global level for COGS reductions and efficiencies
• Employ strategies to ensure business continuity
• Manage suppliers’ Safety (directly) and implication of their performance into Moove’s safe operations
• Advance the understanding of the market trends and identify the factors which influence availability and pricing
• Consult across the business to provide information regarding supply constraints, pricing initiatives and supplier performance
• Demonstrate, lead and encourage best practice within the procurement process to achieve continuous improvement, complexity reduction, and efficiencies
• Identify sustainability solutions within the supply chain, including scope 2 and 3 emissions optimisation
• Own, manage, improve and ensure compliance with Procurement and Procurement related policies
• Manage activities in ERP and other systems
• Ensure compliance with Trade / Legal requirements
• Optimise Cash Flow by driving improvement of Payment Terms and strategies of Inventory Management improvement
• Lead negotiations and strategy with 3rd party manufacturers
• Actively develop new suppliers - continuously
• Manage Tenders, negotiations and Sourcing plans
• Drive Innovation in Procurement, including through development of new products, technologies
• Drive efficiency improvement in Procurement activities by management of resources across operations and through employment of optimisation solutions (eg. RPA and other types of automation and process improvements)
• Behave as the guardian of costs of the organization, and represents the company’s values and strategy with suppliers market
• Attend and represent Moove in industry boards and associations
• Support Marketing and Sales teams with supply contracts that will enable increase results (volume, margin), growth and expansion
• Develop solutions that will increase transparency and efficiency across Procurement and in the communications with suppliers and other Moove teams
• Develop and manage departmental OPEX budget as part of the overall Operations OPEX budgetary submission.

• Leadership qualities typically acquired through several years of experience in related roles with strong decision making and accountability
• Demonstrated experience in Procurement, Supply Chain and Base Oil Trading management in operations with Manufacturing and distribution across various countries
• Established understanding and knowledge of market economics, cost drivers, value chains etc
• Strong strategic and analytic approach to procurement with knowledge of strategic…