Procurement Specialist, Direct Materials - Crawley, United Kingdom - Langley Search & Selection Ltd

Langley Search & Selection Ltd

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Crawley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A new opportunity has become available with an award-winning Procurement Team.

This is a very innovative company, and this latest vacancy presents an incredible opportunity for the right individual to make a serious impact on their career.

The position benefits from hybrid working (3 days office/ 2 days home per week), a generous contributory pension scheme, season ticket loan, 25 days annual leave plus a host of other more flexible benefits.

The role:

To support the Category Manager on a variety of procurement projects, developing clear and detailed sourcing plans within your assigned areas of spend.
To draft, negotiate and agree clear, concise, and complete contractual documentation.
To inform and support the development of category strategies through extensive internal and external research and analysis to support the wider organisational strategy.
To ensure market developments and innovation are monitored and considered to continually align and update sourcing and category strategies, identifying opportunities which can create a competitive advantage for the organisation.
To work with cross functional project teams to deliver projects on time and with the best outcome for the organisation.
To establish an effective network and influence internal stakeholders, to support procurement objectives and decision making.
To maintain full compliance with all contract governance activities within agreed processes and timescales, ensuring all appropriate parties are consulted and informed.

About you:

An organised and efficient purchasing specialist who can demonstrate credible, trusted stakeholder engagement at all levels.
An analytical thinker with the proven ability to navigate and interpret multiple data sources to inform commercial, legal / contracting and supply decisions.
An individual with strong, professional, and refined negotiation skills coupled with sound commercial acumen and understanding of complex organisational issues.
An excellent project manager committed to providing high levels of service.
Ability to spot opportunities from an existing client base.

Langley Search & Selection Ltd is a diverse, minority_-_owned business and we are passionate about promoting diversity and equality.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, disability status or genderand particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.