Procurement Specialist - Network Operations

at  CityFibre

Job Description

You’ll be a Procurement Specialist who is able to lean into the business as and where required whilst also managing their own set of categories. You will need to have an appetite for change, good communication skills and ability to grow relationships across the different business areas. You’ll also bring the following with you:

• Previous experience of the tender process from end-to-end
• Exposure to supplier selection through a tender process
• Vendor management in both risk mitigation and KPI review meeting

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

You’ll be a Procurement Specialist who is able to lean into the business as and where required whilst also managing their own set of categories. You will need to have an appetite for change, good communication skills and ability to grow relationships across the different business areas. You’ll also bring the following with you:

• Previous experience of the tender process from end-to-end
• Exposure to supplier selection through a tender process
• Vendor management in both risk mitigation and KPI review meetings

We’re looking for people who don’t settle for ‘good enough’ and push things forward. If you’ve just found yourself thinking, ‘I’d love to do this’, we want to hear from you. Let’s change it up.

You’ll join our growing Procurement team, using your skills and expertise to support our Network Operations space, as well as still gaining exposure to other category areas. You’ll be responsible for sourcing goods and services across a range of third-party suppliers, as well as the in-life contract management of tier 3 suppliers. Day to day, this is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Identifying cost saving initiatives across the department prior to contract renewals of our existing supply chain
• Supporting a defined set of categories but have the flexibility in your knowledge to lend assistance into other areas in line with the peaks of the business
• Vendor management of existing suppliers whilst also negotiating / onboarding new suppliers
• Ensuring transparency through the procurement process both internally and externally in line with CityFibre’s policie