A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Specialist to join a not-for-profit organisation in a permanent position. You will join the Estates & Facilities category.
Client Details
Set up on the streets of London in 1865, you will join an organisation with a history of more than 150 years, which is now serving in 130 countries across the world. The organisation are a charity who pride themselves on supporting an array of initiatives including; supporting young people and the elderly, striving to break the cycle of homelessness, supporting music & creative arts, supporting those seeking employment and much more.
Description
Reporting to the Category Manager, you will be responsible for carrying out sometimes complex procurement activity and other projects.
Undertake and manage the effective delivery of the Procurement Strategy, policies and procedures and savings programme for your portfolio and provide a professional procurement service to stakeholders providing end to end sourcing project management for stakeholders.
Understand key commercial drivers and commercial success criteria for procurement undertaken within your portfolio and act as procurement challenge within the procurement governance process and deliver required KPI's. Initiate and develop business cases, reports and other governance papers as required and present to the appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
Undertake and deliver the Savings Programme assigned to your portfolio and deliver cashable savings opportunities for this Category. Undertake the implementation of proactive cost reduction and supplier improvement programmes, as defined by the Head of Procurement in order to deliver best value for the Territory.
Be responsible for supplier relationships and performance and contract management for your designated contracts and undertake contract management functions.
Undertake the creation and marketing of category plans and identify where corrective action is needed to ensure procurement issues are managed effectively throughout the procurement cycle.
Manage supply market and supplier research activity to support the development of strategic plans and undertake Market appraisal exercises in order to develop and maintain core knowledge sufficient to identify best value options.
Track and report key functional metrics to reduce costs and improve effectiveness
Support the development of positive relationships with key senior stakeholders to raise awareness of the benefits of a strategic approach to spend management. Provide category and strategic sourcing insight to enable the stakeholders to make informed choices about the way in which its expenditure is deployed.
Profile
- End-to-end procurement experience.
- An understanding of public sector procurement.
- Experience of working successfully in the Property and Facilities Services category area and category management, within a large and complex organisation.
- Strong relationship building capabilities.
- Driven to give something back to your community & help others.
Job Offer
- Employer pension contribution of up to 12%.
- Hybrid working with two days per week in the office near Denmark Hill Station, London.
- Simplyhealth cash plan.
- Eyecare vouchers.
- Life Assurance.
- Long-service recognition pay.
- Season ticket loan.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service after 6 years.
- Employee volunteering.
- PAM Assist is a free and confidential life management and personal support service, available to all employees, 24 hours a day, any day of the year.