Indirect Contracts Specialist

Job Description

Experienced Indirect procurement professional required for engineering company based in Plymouth. In this role, the successful candidate will be required to encourage minimal indirect spend for the company along with managing inventory to ensure on time delivery of indirect goods and services.

Candidates who apply for this role must have immediate right to work in the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Competitive bid indirect requirements, coming via electronic purchase requisitions from the other teams or via the capital expenditure form, Securing the best value for money against service deals for the company.
• Develop, negotiate, and manage meaningful contracts with suppliers to ensure best total price and service levels.
• Identify cost savings opportunities on our indirect expenditure and action them, leading projects from start to finish, involving all stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key indirect suppliers.
• Identify and evaluate potential new suppliers / dual sourcing.
• Identify opportunities to reduce indirect inventory and implement effective actions to achieve these reductions.
• Ensure compliance to sourcing and contracting policies, procedures, risk management programs, and ethics.
• Identify potential risks in contracts and develop strategies to mitigate them.
• Prepare regular reports on contract status, performance and savings achieved.
• Identify ‘best for business’ solutions and trade off evaluations.
• Support the Direct Purchasing Manager when required and be their absence cover.
• Support Head of Purchasing with augmentation of Purchasing strategy and deployment.
• Coordinate the on-site integrated supplier (manage the on-site team, monitor service levels, cost saving activities).

Essential Qualifications, Knowledge & Candidate Attributes Required:

• Proven Indirect procurement experience gained from within a Manufacturing or Engineering environment.
• A Batchelors Degree, or higher, in Business Management, Business Studies, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Law or a similar related discipline.
• CIPS level 5 or higher.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating contracts.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects.
• Good business acumen.
• Strong understanding of UK contract law and procurement regulations.
• Thorough understanding of ABC XYZ classification and real-world management of optimisation strategies.
• Capital expenditure budgeting and approval procedures.
• Assertive with good communication skills in both written and verbal form.
• Able to develop strong effective relationships internally and outside of the organisation coupled with excellent Negotiation skills.
• Excel and SAP proficiency.
• Proactive coupled with an Analytical mindset.
• Self-starter, team player.
• Organised with a focussed attention to detail.

If you are a degree educated Indirect Procurement professional and are looking for the first step in your career, then please submit an up to date CV by using the ‘apply’ button below.

For informal chat, please phone 01752 252533 and ask for Samantha Luxton. Many thanks for your interest.