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    IT Procurement Manager - Swindon, United Kingdom - FirstGroup

    FirstGroup
    FirstGroup Swindon, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Who are we?

    GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services. With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

    We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers. Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel – relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.

    About the team?

    As one of the largest train companies in Britain, more than 100 million customers a year join us on board. When the Great Western Railway was built, it opened the West and Wales to trade and tourism. And now, along with our partners at Network Rail, we're proud to have the chance to look after your railway.

    As well as electrifying our main routes, and upgrading key stations, we have carried out the biggest upgrade of trains in the country.

    The Procurement team have an essential role to play in the success of GWR through our strategic sourcing and our approach to supplier management.

    Our Vision in Procurement is to be a trusted partner, that enables the business to achieve value for money every time.

    About the job?

    The role of the Procurement Manager (IT) will be to lead on a variety of procurement projects (tenders) with a focus on the IT Category. You will also have an opportunity to support on a variety of other categories of spend, including Sales and Marketing, Office and HR and will be supported from others within the team.

    You will report directly to a Senior Procurement Manager.

    To succeed in this position, you will be an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with great interpersonal skills. Someone who has the ability to work both independently and confidently within a wider multi-functional stakeholder team.

    Your main responsibilities will be:

    • To Lead, design and implement effective sourcing strategies to maximise through life value for money of our contracts;
    • To Lead and develop competitive tender exercises in a regulated procurement environment (UCR);
    • Support Senior Procurement Managers with complex regulated (UCR) compliant tendering, sustainable procurement embedded throughout the supply chain and supplier management
    • Develop an expert knowledge of the supplier marketplace within assigned categories to ensure credibility with internal stakeholders;
    • Develop effective and collaborative relationships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders across GWR and First Group;

    You'll need to:

    • Be experienced in leading on all aspects of Indirect tender drafting, issuing and evaluation in 'below threshold' procurement.
    • Have demonstrable experience in post award contract management.
    • Have demonstrable experience in negotiating in areas such as IT software, hardware and telecoms terms and conditions. As well as other Indirect contract management and sourcing.
    • It's essential you have superb communication and interpersonal skills, be able to build long lasting rapport and provide a great customer service to your audience.
    • Have excellent organisation skills in terms of time-management and workload.
    • Be proficient with MS Office, in particular MS Excel and Word

    As a minimum you'll need to have:

    • A minimum of 1-2 years' experience in a procurement role.
    • A basic understanding of contract law
    • Proven experience in the development of good relationships with both internal and external senior stakeholders;
    • Proven experience of managing supplier relationships and performance;
    • Excellent organizational skills;
    • Excellent analytical and data management skills;

    About the location?

    Base location is Swindon.

    Working Pattern?

    Full-time

    The Reward?

    As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

    We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

    We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

    We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

    We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

    If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below. We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.

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