Indirect Procurement Business Partner - Preston, United Kingdom - Baxi Heating

Baxi Heating

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Preston, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Indirect Procurement Business Partner

Preston (Hybrid) - Full Time - Permanent

Are you looking for your next challenge? Baxi is a leading provider of environmentally friendly and efficient heating solutions across a range of leading domestic and commercial brands.

We have over 150 years of experience, pride ourselves on our values and strive for earning lifetime loyalty with our customers.

An exciting vacancy has arisen within our Indirect Procurement team for an
Indirect Procurement Business Partner.

Reporting directly to the UK Indirect Procurement Manager, the main purpose of this role is to support the UK Indirect procurement manager in the delivery of Baxi Heating UK's procurement strategy, in line with Group Principles for all areas of indirect spend.

This is to be achieved through the management of key suppliers and reporting measures, implementation of processes and controls while ensuring standardised working practices.

The role is to provide pro-active procurement support to stakeholders and budget holders in relation to the process for sourcing all indirect goods and services The management of the adopted procurement process, from issue of the brief to delivery, through supplier evaluation, contract drafting and implementation.

As an
Indirect Procurement Business Partner, you will:

Key Indirect Spend Business Partner for the areas of I.T, HR, Sales, Marketing, Baxi Customer Support
Input for the Development and Management of the Indirect Procurement Policy and Processes in conjunction with other team members
Continuous benchmarking of nonfixed price contract expenditure to ensure the achievement of best value.
To advise business users at all levels on the most appropriate purchasing strategy to be

- adopted when sourcing goods and services to ensure that best value is obtained and that all
- financial regulations and audit requirements are complied with.

To review noncontract expenditure to identify:
Alternative purchase arrangements to reduce the overall cost of supply.
Alternative suppliers
Opportunities for leveraging group expenditure by aggregating purchases.
Supplier performance management with the Budget Owners, where appropriate providing resolution for supplier performance, pricing and other contract issues.
Identifying and Managing Risk within the Supply chain

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required:

Qualified to CIPS level 3 working towards or the willingness to work towards full qualification
Demonstratable experience in similar Procurement role and use of ERP systems.
An understanding of best practice T & C's and contract law
Excellent verbal & written communication skills
The ability to build great relationships and have manage stakeholders

We offer a competitive salary alongside 25 days holiday per annum not including UK bank holidays. We also offer a contributory pension and sick pay schemes, staff discounts and more.

Does this sound like you? Then we would love to hear from you

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

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