Procurement Professional

Procurement Professional – 12 month contract – Glascoed, Monmouthshire or Radway Green, Cheshire or Preston, Lancashire – £32.18 ph UMB or £24 ph PAYE (Inside IR35)

The Umbrella rate quoted above is the Gross Umbrella rate (i.e. the rate we pay to the Umbrella Company inclusive of ALL employment costs). Please note, the rate paid by the Umbrella will be less, as will a Limited Deemed rate or Agency PAYE rate. Please get in touch to discuss the rates via these different payment vehicles.

Role Responsibilities:

Not limited to…

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision delivers optimum value for money.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision achieves the required service level as agreed with internal stakeholders.
• Seek out and champion opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ensure priorities are managed and any issues of concern are escalated.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Company systems, including purchase to pay systems, risk and supplier management tools.
• Manage contracts throughout their life in conjunction with the business.
• Proactively manage instances of supplier under-performance against cost, quality and schedule.
• Raise formal documents to support the sourcing and contracting process, including Request for Information, Request for Quotation, Assessment documents, Purchase Orders.
• Manage supplier payment process and resolve any goods receiving and supplier debt issues.
• Identify, deliver and record savings.
• Effectively manage order book, to ensure timely deliveries and accurate cash forecasting.
• May have responsibility for a small team or lead for an area of activity on behalf of the wider team.
• Support and develop junior members of the team.
• Work collaboratively to identify and escalate risk.
• Ability to deputise for the Procurement Lead or Manager.
• Be an advocate for the Supply Chain Function.

• Likely to have 3 years experience working within a procurement environment and/or
• Possess a good standard of procurement competence in key areas of Sourcing, process knowledge, contracting skills and supplier management.
• Likely to possess or working towards a Level 4 qualification (for example CIPS or ISM Level
  4) or have equivalent standard