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Procurement Specialist - £45K

Employer
1st Executive
Location
England, London
Salary
£35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Benefits
Closing date
8 Apr 2019

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Specialist Area
Buyer, Procurement
Sector
FMCG, Retail
Function
Buyer, Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Are you an ambitious individual looking to fast-track your career in Procurement? Our client, an innovative, dynamic and agile leader in the Retail Sector is looking to recruit a Procurement Specialist. This is a fantastic development role for an individual with some indirect procurement experience, and with a desire to fast-track their career in a Procurement function undergoing significant transformation and up-skilling following the appointment of a high-profile CPO.

Role: Working as part of a small team of commercially minded, innovative Procurement professionals, you will be provided with an opportunity to take personal responsibility for a defined category portfolio of c£150m. With a large pipeline of imminent projects this is a fantastic opportunity for you to develop a range commercially innovative Procurement & Sourcing strategies that will drive value and opportunities for operational efficiencies that will be critical to the continued growth and success of the organisation. The jobholder will be expected to lead the full lifecycle sourcing process providing stakeholders will valuable market insight, at the very outset of any sourcing consideration, and steering there decision making process towards appropriate commercial procurement strategies. As such, it is expected that you build relationships and work closely with both existing and potential suppliers in order to leverage valuable market insight and to drive all aspects of performance improvement.

Experience:

This is an excellent opportunity to enter the procurement function of a prestigious 'Blue-Chip' organisation.

  • Demonstrates some experience of operating in a Buyer or Senior Buyer capacity for indirects
  • Experience of running end to end tender processes
  • Analytical and logical nature, highly numerate with demonstrable experience of using Excel
  • Confident communicator with an engaging personality - demonstrating evidence of engaging/managing key stakeholders
  • Degree qualified

Company

1st Executive

1st Executive are the forefront of 'Search' within the Procurement sector operating UK & Europe wide. Our focus in in interim management and permanent recruitment ranging from Senior Buyers through CPO's

At 1st Executive we understand that businesses are driven by people. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that they improve the performance of their organisation through the right people. Our clients are organisations who are widely regarded as the most attractive to work for in their sector, consisting of FTSE 100 / Global 500 organisations as well as dynamic , growing consultancies. They are diverse in their sectors, covering FMCG, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Technology to name a few.

Our approach is professional, knowledgeable and above all, successful. This is why we are the partnership of choice for many of the UK's most prestigious organisations when it comes to finding the right person for the job.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 84321 630 30
Location
Connaught House
Portsmouth Road
Ripley
Surrey
GU23 7JY
United Kingdom

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