EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Good English.
Minimum of 2 years’ Procurement experience.
Knowledge of SAP Ariba and Oracle is beneficial.
Literate in MS office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
Knowledge of contract language.
Experience managing engineering or laboratory spend within a manufacturing company is a plus.

IMPACT, INFLUENCE, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The key to this role is a questioning mindset. “Why do we do things like that?”, “How can we make this more efficient?”, “Have we considered all the options?”.
Be prepared to question the status quo and challenge stakeholders in a professional and diplomatic manner.
There is a positive culture within the company, with a community of reliable colleagues.
If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, are in a position to take a temporaray contract and can start within the next week or so, please apply with an up-to-date CV and we’ll be in touch to discuss your application in more detail.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 2 months
Pay: £45,000.00-£60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Work from home

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bradford BD12 8A

MAIN PURPOSE

Leading sourcing events, preparing procurement strategy documents and managing suppliers in your assigned categories.
You will also be required to support the local production site to purchase goods and services.

PRINCIPAL TASKS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Conduct spend analysis in your assigned categories, to identify potential cost-saving opportunities.
Advise stakeholders on purchasing processes and procurement life-cycle policies.
Manage the sourcing process and collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop selection criteria to award business to suppliers.
Negotiate prices, service levels and commercial contractual terms with suppliers and run RFx processes to identify and present best value options.
Establish and maintain hosted catalogues and manage supplier data in the procurement systems.
Participate in supplier meetings and work with accounts payable to ensure supplier payments.
Resolve commercial contractual disputes with suppliers.
Maintain Ariba S2C Contract Workspace to ensure all contract information is current.
Approving purchase requisitions, ensuring the pricing structure of PRs is appropriate, the correct type of commodity code is used, and the description is meaningful (i.e. not just a supplier quote reference number).