Tactical Procurement Specialist

Reference Number - 78363

This Tactical Procurement Specialist will report to the Category Manager and will work within the Commercial Services directorate based in our London office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £45,000.00 and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 18/02/2024

We also provide the following additional benefits

• Annual Leave
• Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
• Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
• Discounted access to sports and social clubs
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose:

A great opportunity to work in a growing, world class procurement function. UK Power Networks has been recognised as a Platinum Procurement Company from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) making them one of only 11 in the world with this level of certification.

We are looking for someone committed to creating value for the business by thinking differently challenging status quo.

We are looking for a motivated person who will take on the task for working across our business as a procurement interface for undertaking small tenders, single sources, direct awards and delivering contracts. This means you will have a dynamic portfolio ranging across many different materials and services.

Supporting the Indirects Team, you will help develop contracts within UK Power Networks. You will deliver a high quality service both internally and externally. You will be customer focussed and commercially minded. You will deliver innovative solutions to support the business in a cost efficient manner within applicable governance and relevant legislation. Your remit will be broad to accommodate our needs on a wider scale but your work may include:

• Reactive sourcing activities
• Analyze active and expiring contracts
• Internal responses to procurement requirements
• Category analysis and management
• System and vendor management
• Deliver direct 3-bids and under framework

Dimensions:

Annual Budget: Circa £5-10 million of procurement portfolio spend per annum

Staff: No direct staff but may have responsibility for managing Graduates as and when placed in the Procurement Function

Principal Accountabilities:

• Provide an important customer interface for the wider procurement team, managing procurement enquiries and requests
• Provide contract and vendor analysis, supporting the procurement team to avoid contract expiry
• You will support the business in a breadth of procurement requirements, direct sources, 3 bids and tenders based around the business outputs
• Help implement procurement and business initiatives by challenging existing ways of working and seeking ways to do things better
• Responsible for management of a specific portfolio, including developing the category sourcing strategy, the selection of suppliers and contractual terms best suited to the items
• Maximise the value, measured through a range of indicators, from UK Power Networks contractual arrangements utilising the effective development of contract strategies, contract development and lifecycle management
• Manage own element of Procurement Pipeline and procure contracts on time observing UK Power Networks process
• Perform activities that evaluate and leverage relationships with category suppliers
• You will manage compliance to all business, governance and legislative policies and processes
• Liaise with, and providing support to, other areas of the business and resolving queries. Develop relationships with suppliers and contractors alike
• Responsible for supplier management for category suppliers including their development and segmentation
• Responsible for accurate administration for in-category activities and ensures that all related data is up to date

Qualifications:

• Strong commercial acumen
• Self-organisational capabilities
• Demonstrate understanding of continuous improvement and team working
• Able to use a variety of systems with fast and accurate keyboard skills
• Able to influence & challenge company partners and co-workers, and the ability to decant measurable business needs
• Have a basic understanding of strategic sourcing execution, i.e. cost, price and financial analysis, internal & external market analysis, category strategy, market testing and innovation.
• Supplier relationship management

Desirable

• Educated to degree level with focus on procurement, engineering or business studies.
• Working knowledge of industry standard contracts, i.e. NEC3
• Previous experience of procurement/purchasing
• Previous experience of a regulated company
• Working towards CIPS qualification or equivalent
• Working knowledge of SAP and UVDB an advantage

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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