Procurement Specialist - Leeds, United Kingdom - Northern Gas

Northern Gas
Northern Gas
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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Procurement Category Specialist

Thorpe Park, Leeds / Hybrid Home Working

12 month fixed term contract

Salary up to £40,000 (dependent upon experience)

Up to 10% bonus

Personal contract

Why Work at NGN? At Northern Gas Networks, we are a community. We provide a supportive and fun working environment in our spacious offices with onsite parking provided. We embrace creativity and innovation as well as offering a range of learning and development opportunities to progress your career. Since we started operating in 2005, We have led the way as one of the most cost-efficient of the UK's eight gas distribution networks, reliably delivering gas to over 2.7 million homes and businesses.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Specialist on a 12 month fixed term contract.


Procurement Category Specialist Role.


We are looking for a proactive Procurement Category Specialist, the role purpose is to support the implementation of category or commodity strategies to optimise business efficiency, executing elements of the overall category strategy to ensure service delivery improvements whilst supporting category management including all aspects of strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management and risk management.

Working with Category Business Owners and wider Stakeholders in understanding the category spend and identifying opportunities to increase quality and improve value for money.

Perform procurement reporting and analysis of management information to identify potential improvement opportunities, identifying innovative procurement solutions that provide savings and process efficiencies for the business.


Throughout the Procurement phase and beyond, address vendor issues to ensure the highest level of service delivery and maintain contractual and business relationships throughout.

Facilitate implementa-tion of procurement change initiatives within the category to improve business performance.

Deliver best procurement practice to the wider business departments, whilst maintaining up to date knowledge of supply markets, industry, competitors, product/service innovations and procurement regulations and implement change where necessary.


Skills and Experience

  • Commercial and procurement experience involving highvalue and/or highrisk categories within a large complex organisation as well as commercial and procurement management skills with a proven record of successfully delivering all aspects of organisationalwide procurement activities through to completion, including implementation and change management where required
  • Good supplier relationship management and consulting skills, including the ability to interact, influence and negotiate with a variety of stakeholders within and outside the business
  • Interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to prepare professional reports, stage summaries for business approvals and provide authoritative advice, and effectively communicate complex information to Senior members in a clear and succinct manner
  • Ability to define and manage areas of spend to develop, implement and realise sustainable financial benefits and outcomes through procurement activities
  • Consulting and negotiation skills with the ability to deliver high value and highquality initiatives and strategies that align to business objectives and excellent planning and organisational skills, with experience of establishing priorities and meeting deadlines
  • Analytical, evaluation and research skills including demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new concepts and information and deliver positive, innovative solutions

Qualifications/STCs

  • Qualification aligned to Commercial / Supply Chain / Procurement activities (CIPS preferred) or relevant experience

What we Offer
We believe that our people should be recognised for their contribution.

Therefore, we offer the below package:

  • A competitive salary of up to £40,000 (dependent on experience)
  • 40 hours per week
  • Up to 10% bonus (dependent upon achievement of set targets)
  • 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
  • SSP for first 7 calendar days then occupational sick pay
  • A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
  • Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options... from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience much more
  • An array of fantastic family
- friendly policies such as 6 weeks' paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months' full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more


Our Values

We are looking for people who can demonstrate and live all our values, which are at the heart of everything that we do.

We areTrailblazing, Empowered, Community Focused, Intellectually Curious, Heartfelt and most importantlywe are Happy


Diversity at NGN
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