Procurement Manager Chesterfield, England
Job description
Job reference number 282028
Procurement Manager (Fleet Category Team) - Chesterfield/Hybrid
Salary: £45,000-
Full time
Permanent
Future Walk, West Bars. Chesterfield. S49 1PF
Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, your role will be to develop and implement complex sourcing plans and activity (tenders, negotiations and in-contract benefits delivery) across a designated set of contracts and sub-categories in an efficient and timely way.
About the role
You’ll contribute to the development and implementation of a procurement Category Strategy for fleet related goods and services in order to meet internal customers’ needs, deliver first class value for the business and protect it from risk. In collaboration with our internal business customers, you will use your professional expertise to source new suppliers, negotiate contracts and deliver cost reductions whilst identifying and mitigating compliance and commercial risks.
You’ll maintain accurate electronic records for designated contracts and projects, providing other contract and project data and insights, in order to drive value or mitigate business risk whilst applying technical negotiation expertise in the development and implementation of effective negotiation strategies and be a commercial and contractual escalation point. You’ll have ample opportunity to use your expertise in building effective relationships with key internal customers, senior key stakeholders and supplier.
You’ll identify and involve them early and ensure understanding of their business needs and expectations. Your aim will be to be viewed by the business as ‘a procurement professional – a trusted adviser’. You’ll ‘own’ the relationship with suppliers. Furthermore, you’ll take ownership of your own development, seeking out opportunities and supporting others with their development.
This is a Chesterfield based role. Flexible working, however, you must be able to work in Chesterfield on a weekly basis as required, typically 1-2 days a week as required.
About you
You will need to be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience on your CV.
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS) Qualified (or studying towards)
- Proven experience in procurement roles within the Fleet Category (essential)
- Track record of value delivery through the application of strategic sourcing methodology
- Demonstrable understanding of category strategy development and implementation
- Demonstrable experience of managing and developing a team (where line management responsibilities are assigned)
- Track record of developing, building buy-in to and implementing compelling sourcing strategies
- Proven ability to apply professional expertise to develop and implement innovative procurement solutions
- Experience of managing multiple projects/project strands at once and working at pace to challenging deadlines
- Skilled in program & change management and can demonstrate application
- Effective problem solver with demonstrable experience in formal and informal contractual and commercial issue resolution
- Is a proven and effective negotiator and has been trained in negotiation principles.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; able to lead in cross-functional teams and confidently operate at senior levels with internal business customers and suppliers.
Extra Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement of 5 weeks (plus bank holidays), increasing with years completed service
- Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
- RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Access to our Feeling First Class service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support
- Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
- Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
- Your peace of mind with - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner
- Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
- Free stamps at Christmas
- Available only to perm employees
Your career in safe hands
At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.
We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.
An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.
Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions. We plan to hold interviews w/c 10th April
We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you. (delete if essential criteria only)
Closing Date: . Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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