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Procurement Consultant

Employer
Hathaway Lane Limited
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
Up to £55,000 + flex allowance £5,700, bonus, 28 days holiday + birthday, pension and healthcare
Closing date
12 Apr 2019

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Specialist Area
Procurement, Purchasing
Sector
Consultancy
Function
Buyer, Consultant, Executive, Lead
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Our client is a small, but expanding, Procurement Management Consultancy with a fantastic company culture – it is agile, fun and sociable – and they advise and focus on the delivery of procurement and supply chain solutions to a range of clients, with a focus on the Retail, E-commerce, Private Equity and Aviation sectors. 

They have a new requirement for an ambitious procurement professional to join their team as a Consultant and be aligned to one of their new clients.

No previous procurement consultancy is required – it's more about your rounded procurement skills, preferably in Indirect spend and/or operational supply chain and logistics experience, ability to build relationships, your appetite for continuous change and ability to be a team player and work in a non-corporate culture.

You will be a procurement and supply chain professional who enjoys delivering results and working at speed and in an agile culture.  You will need a good insight into how Procurement impacts a business and preferably some understanding of finance (budget planning, etc.) Initially, you will be aligned to one major client – a major Retailer in Greater London – where you contribute to the category strategy development and implementation in a greenfield site for strategic Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics.

Ideally you will live within commuting distance of London and the Home Counties.  The working pattern is 4 days per week on client site and 1 day per week from home.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement appropriate strategies across general service/indirects categories, logistics and supply chain through a team approach, using intelligent procurement tools to analyse markets, suppliers and products
• Engage and build credible relationships with the stakeholder community
• Develop subject matter expertise and market intelligence to identify sourcing opportunities and commercial levers across a range of spend areas in order to deliver value to the business as well as realising savings
• Produce professional reports and communications on category activity and performance and execute these at pace and with a high focus on results and quality of output
• Take responsibility for negotiation proposals, ensuring delivery of quality services from suppliers as well as conducting new contract negotiations as well as renewals
• Contribute to the overall business planning and forecasting process for the Client, ensuring all legislative and reporting requirements are met in full
• Manage projects from a Total Cost of Ownership perspective


Skills and experience required:

• A procurement 2nd or 3rd jobber with around 5 years' experience in Procurement and/or Procurement and Supply Chain, ideally with broad Indirects procurement experience.  Any previous experience in operational Supply Chain is a bonus
• Personality and drive are critical for this role – you will be ambitious, business minded and agile in approach, able to work as part of a team and not be a process pusher
• A flair for communication and listening as well as able to process information quickly
• Results-focused and passionate about driving continuous improvement
• Degree calibre

Company

Hathaway Lane is an independent, specialist Procurement and Supply Chain recruitment firm.

We support permanent and interim recruitment of mid and senior level Procurement and Supply Chain professionals across the UK and into Europe. Our Consultants are experts in networking and headhunting in order to gain access to the best candidates and market opportunities. We tailor our services to meet the recruitment needs of our clients including Contingent Search, Advertised Selection, Executive Search and Interim Management.

Our consultative approach ensures that we provide the best possible service and identify the Procurement or Supply Chain job that is right for our candidates.

Working within the private sector, our Consultants have developed an expertise across a wide range of industries including Financial Services, Professional Services, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Travel, Leisure, Media and Technology.

 

Company info
Telephone
01382 339699
Location
17 Ellieslea Road
Dundee
DD5 1JH
GB

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