Job Description

Role is hybrid with circa 3 days per week in Leamington Spa office

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team of Procurement Management Specialists that deliver auditable and sustainable cost base reduction to clients in a variety of industries.

The role will provide you with the opportunity to work with some of the UK's biggest brands across multiple different industries and categories and give you exposure to a variety of exciting large scale procurement transformation programmes.

As part of ambitious growth plans across their UK & US offices, this is a great opportunity to join a growing PE backed business with excellent career progression prospects.

Given the range of projects you will work across we are open to a range of procurement backgrounds. Therefore, whilst Indirects would be preferable, transferable direct category backgrounds are also considerable. You could be a generalist or an SME procurement professional!

Key Responsibilities:

· Interact with key stakeholders and analyse data to create category management approaches

· Advise and agree with on the procurement strategy for spend categories

· Deliver measurable savings through hands on category management including undertaking tenders, negotiations and auctions

· Use of leading edge tools and processes and creative thinking to design solutions which deliver rapid cost savings and improvements in performance

· Sourcing suppliers from the UK and Worldwide to meet needs

Skills & Experience:

· Ideally approx 3-7 years’ procurement experience

· Strong academic (graduate) background

· Strong track record of savings delivery

· Positive and proactive attitude, confident in taking personal initiative

· Good negotiation skills and natural persuasion