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SalaryAn excellent opportunity for a Procurement specialist to join a well established company based in the City of London who operate in the Insurance industry. The duration of the contract is 12 months which is to cover someone who is going on maternity leave. The role sits in the Finance department will be working alongside the Procurement Manager.
Key responsibilities:
- Finding vendors for their day-to-day supplies to keep operations running
- Ensuring that the right source of supply is obtained at the best price
- Negotiating commercial terms prior to the business signing in conjunction with the legal team
- Handling all vendor queries regarding new business
- Developing new purchasing processes to ensure TCO is maxmised through use of RFQs and tenders
- Creating Purchase Order and being responsible for expediting orders to vendors
- Tracking orders
- Undertaking vendor improvement plans
- Assisting with the transformation and growth of the global procurement source to pay capabiliities
- Managing the delivery of the Procurement process, policy and procedures
- Creating monthly reports on vendors/contract monitoring
Experience & Skills required:
- Experience of working in a Procurement role in the Insurance industry
- Experience of using SAP
- Proactive, driven and enthusiastic
- The ability to challenge/question inaccuracies
- The ability to work autonomously
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
