- Close involvement with suppliers & stakeholders to identify and implement the most cost effective and technically efficient supply solutions in respect of cost, performance, product and/or service quality and programme
- Managing sourcing and tendering processes in accordance with agreed project and/or programme deliverables
- Early engagement with stakeholders to review and challenge specifications and develop robust/innovative procurement strategies which outline marketplace, cost levers, value levers
- Ensuring that all technical and quality requirements are fully satisfied and that all material and service requirements are supplied in accordance with Project programmes
- Support the development and execution of a Segmented Supplier Relationship Management strategy that; improves supplier performance, develops critical/strategic relationships, attracts innovation, reduces risk and contributes to the growth of the value delivery plan
- Prior experience managing stakeholders, ideally in a buying or procurement environment
- Self-motivated, views learning positively and is keen to develop
- Proficient user of Microsoft packages (namely Excel and Outlook) and ideally has prior experience utilising SAP
- We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Growth opportunities
- Potential to develop skills
- Opportunities to travel within the UK
Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist - Leicester, United Kingdom - Babcock International Group
Description
Job Title: Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist, at our Leicester, Leicestershire site.
The role
As a Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will work with key stakeholders, account teams and suppliers to drive operational execution of projects/programmes, bids and other critical business activities.
Day-to-day, you'll work as part of a wider procurement team in a project environment, doing end to end procurement processes.
This position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home, is based at Leicester, Leicestershire and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist:
Qualifications for the Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist:
Security Clearance
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What we offer
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of