Sourcing Specialist - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Network Rail

Network Rail

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Introduction

This role sits in Route Services, a business area that has been created to supply services to the routes in the safest, most cost-efficient, and effective way, enabling them to benefit from economies of scale and optimised national resources.

Network Rail's Commercial & Procurement (C&P) leads the development and delivery of commercial strategies encompassing the whole lifecycle of category strategies, sourcing, supplier management and procurement operations.

Main Responsibilities

You will manage the sourcing activities for medium cost and business risk opportunities and work collaboratively with relevant customers and stakeholders to create and deliver commercial and contractual value.

Key Accountabilities

Develop and manage the sourcing process from business requirement to contract signature, on behalf of key customers and stakeholders, for medium cost and business risk opportunities, utilising, where relevant, commercial purposebuilt models, to create and deliver commercial and contractual value, in support of the C&P Director's annual savings target
Implement approved Integrated Category Strategies (ICS) through the development and delivery of the qualified Sourcing pipeline, in collaboration with the relevant Category Manager and relevant customers and stakeholders, to release the full defined savings and benefits value committed to within the ICS
Negotiate sourcing enabled savings and benefit opportunities, in collaboration with all relevant customers and stakeholders, approved by Finance and applied to budgets where applicable, in support of the C&P Director's savings target
Facilitate the transition of Sourcing led execution to Strategic Supplier Management, to manage a seamless customer experience from business requirement through to post contract signature and position the Supplier Management team to optimise their delivery of full contractual and relationship value
Demand manage customer and stakeholder common sourcing requirements to maximise overall Groupwide commercial value, with a politically aware engagement and direct influencing style across multiple Routes and Regions, in a complex, devolved organisation
Develop process and execute activity related to contract variations, amendments and changes, to include contract administration, in collaboration with Supplier Management team, to maintain an accurate supplier data profile in the event of dispute or the invoking of contingency plans
Develop and manage sourcing aligned continuous improvement activities, demand pipeline assessments and annual customer satisfaction surveys, to deliver an enhanced customer experience, aligned to the Vision and best in class Procurement ambition

Job Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Do you have the following skills and experience?

Educated to a Business or Economics degree standard or equivalent business experience
Demonstrable level of Sourcing experience, with a track record of savings delivery
Experience with negotiation and dispute resolution skill set
Experience with contract law and financial management
Experience with driving value from sourcing opportunities
Experienced with agile crossfunctional collaborative working methods
Politically aware, with the proven ability to use direct and indirect influencing strategies at an executive level
Experience of problemsolving complex sourcing specific challenges
Completer finisher mindset
We are committed to a diverse workplace enriched with representation_ from diverse cultures, backgrounds and skills. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where difference is embraced, and individuals can thrive. We recognise that the success of the team is dependent on a multicultural, multidisciplined group of individuals, aligned to deliver successful solutions._
At Network Rail, we have several employee networks to reflect our diverse population and help to raise issues to the wider workforce and support their membership and support our Everybody Matters strategy, led by our central Diversity & Inclusion team. In IT Services, we have a group of Diversity & Inclusion Champions who take part and lead on many activities, to drive through more initiatives to support an inclusive environment for all its people and _promote a professional and positive working environment_. For more information on D&I at Network Rail, _please follow this link_

About The Company

We're an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions.
Our role is to run a safe, reliable and efficient railway, serving customers and communities. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support our country's economic prosperity. Safety is our number one priority.

We're undertaking an ambitious change.

Our vision is Putting Passengers First - becoming a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users.

As one of the UK's leading equal opportunities employers, our values and th