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Grafton Banks Finance Ltd

Salary

From £40,000 to £50,000 per year

Location

Reigate and Banstead

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Grafton Banks Finance is currently recruiting for a Procurement Manager for a reputable organisation based in the Reigate area. Reporting to the Head of Purchasing, this position requires someone who can provide a professional and efficient service to the company's departments in the provision of procurement support and advice. You will be the main point of contact for a number of specific departments across the business, liaising with senior managers in both financial and non-financial areas.

Some of the key responsibilities for this role include:

* Act as the procurement representative on a number of business-driven projects, including, where applicable: advising on and executing supplier sourcing strategy; tender production and management; price and contract negotiation.
* Liaise with certain heads of department to discuss significant areas of spend and to seek to apply best practice in sourcing and negotiating/re-negotiating best price and terms and conditions
* Perform analysis of procurement spend to identify opportunities for savings in expenses and in claims related expenditure
* Work with the Procurement team and specific business areas to implement and roll-out vendor management best practice
* Review contracts and supplier relationships on a regular basis.

The successful candidate will possess significant procurement experience across a range of commodities, whereby specialist procurement experience within a specific area such as IT or Marketing, will prove to be extremely advantageous. A demonstrable track record of delivering procurement solutions and savings with experience of handling large business critical contracts is required, together with strong negotiation and communication skills. Good numerical, analysis and manipulation skills are therefore also imperative coupled with the ability to influence and communicate at all levels within the organisation.

For your experience and knowledge with the above, you will be rewarded with a competitive benefits package and future career opportunities within a company experiencing rapid growth.

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Grafton Banks Finance Ltd

Salary

From £40,000 to £50,000 per year

Location

Reigate and Banstead

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Grafton Banks Finance is currently recruiting for a Procurement Manager for a reputable organisation based in the Reigate area. Reporting to the Head of Purchasing, this position requires someone who can provide a professional and efficient service to the company's departments in the provision of procurement support and advice. You will be the main point of contact for a number of specific departments across the business, liaising with senior managers in both financial and non-financial areas.

Some of the key responsibilities for this role include:

* Act as the procurement representative on a number of business-driven projects, including, where applicable: advising on and executing supplier sourcing strategy; tender production and management; price and contract negotiation.
* Liaise with certain heads of department to discuss significant areas of spend and to seek to apply best practice in sourcing and negotiating/re-negotiating best price and terms and conditions
* Perform analysis of procurement spend to identify opportunities for savings in expenses and in claims related expenditure
* Work with the Procurement team and specific business areas to implement and roll-out vendor management best practice
* Review contracts and supplier relationships on a regular basis.

The successful candidate will possess significant procurement experience across a range of commodities, whereby specialist procurement experience within a specific area such as IT or Marketing, will prove to be extremely advantageous. A demonstrable track record of delivering procurement solutions and savings with experience of handling large business critical contracts is required, together with strong negotiation and communication skills. Good numerical, analysis and manipulation skills are therefore also imperative coupled with the ability to influence and communicate at all levels within the organisation.

For your experience and knowledge with the above, you will be rewarded with a competitive benefits package and future career opportunities within a company experiencing rapid growth

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Sewell Moorhouse

Salary

From £45,000 to £55,000 per year

Location

East Midlands

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

We are currently recruiting a Procurement Manager with extensive supply chain management experience for our Client in Scunthorpe, with responsibility for centralised stock levels and distribution to all of their depots across the UK.

This is a senior position within the business managing a team and with excellent potential for career progression. The successful applicant will have an excellent track record of implementing and monitoring stock management and transport planning operations. You will have experience of dealing with large amounts of stock and a high volume of transactions.

An attractive salary and benefits package is on offer.

Sewell Moorhouse acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

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Ortolan Group

Salary

From £40,000 to £50,000 per year

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Procurement Manager

Our client, The Collinson Group, is a privately owned global organisation that uses data, customer insight and marketing expertise to the benefit of its companies, clients and their customers. They are now seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to develop policy, process and structure within the procurement function.

The Role:
The procurement manager will design and develop a robust procurement strategy, ensuring that contracts are efficient and cost effective.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious procurement manager to build the function from scratch.

Responsibilities include:
• Design and implement procurement procedures and policies in order to retain financial control
• Define the long term procurement strategy ensuring that it reflects the changing needs of the business
• Engage and negotiate with existing and potential suppliers
• Management of all suppliers, ensuring that SLA’s and KPI’s are consistently achieved
• Manage budgets in line with company policy

The Person:
You will have a keen eye for detail and be able to identify potential savings across the business. Most importantly, you will be able to understand our business and develop procurement strategy that is aligned with the groups commercial direction. In addition you will have

Essential
• Proven experience in two of the following areas; office supplies, IT, telecoms or service industry
• Strong analytical experience with the ability to analyse data and interpret the results
• Excellent relationship, communication and influencing skills and experience of managing senior stakeholders

Desirable
• CIPS qualified (or part qualified)
• Experience within a group or multisite organisation

A competitive basic salary of up to circa £40,000 - £50,000 and above for the right experience, with 25 days holiday and benefits including a contributory pension, private medical insurance and discounted travel. The position is based in London

If you would like to be considered for this role, please send your CV to Chloe Barry at the Ortolan Group. Ortolan Group Plc is an employment consultancy acting on behalf of our client. We are engaged to review CV’s and by applying for this post your understand that your details may be passed on to The Collinson Group

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Marks Sattin

Salary

From £53,000 to £53,000 per year

Location

England

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Market leading £multi billion turnover FMCG group,currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Procurement Specialist in their East Berkshire offices (just 15/20 minutes from central London). You will be managing a team respoinsible for the supply of raw materials and packaging products for all of their UK customers. In this high profile role, you will manage the company's indirect procurement efforts in the UK, with the goal of reducing spend on these Purchases. You will develop and implement effective first-class procurement strategies, whilst developing a thorough uinderstanding of the business' requirements and contractual arrangements. Having worked with and placed a number of people with this company over the years, we have first hand knowledge and proof of their ability to attract and retain ambitious individuals, by keeping them motivated and stretched with new and exciting opportunities during their career. To be considered favourably for the role, you will be a skilled and experience procurement specialist with expertise in procurement of indirect spend (particularly Professional Services, IT, Marketing and R&D). You will also have strong negotiating and influencing skills, as well as the ability to deal effectively with all levels of stakeholder. In return, a lucrative salary (up to £53K), plus bonus and benefits is on offer, as are great career prospects. Please apply today, quoting ref JR 156513.

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Harrington Boyd

Salary

From £60,000 to £75,000 per year

Location

East Midlands

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

SAP Procurement and Logistics Consultant

An expanding order book and recent project wins means we are now recruiting for a senior procurement and logistics consultant to join the UK SAP Practice.

This client-facing role involves a wide variety of project work, typically based on client sites, ranging from full project lifecycle new implementations, through brownfield work, such as scope extensions to shorter term consulting engagements, such as business improvements.
You will become part of a tight-knit team of consultants spanning a range of logistics functions. You may be working as part of a large project or individually directly with the client. You must be able to engage clearly and proactively both with clients at all levels, ranging from executives to end-users, and with fellow members of the Practice.

In addition to core SAP MM skills such as purchasing, inventory management and invoice verification, you must have expertise in other logistics-related modules, for example SAP SD, SAP PM, SAP WM or SAP SRM, as well as excellent integration knowledge with finance. Beyond deep functional knowledge you will have a process-driven approach to problem solving to create practical and effective solutions.

• Excellent client-facing skills and written/verbal communication
• Process design, solution design and project methodology
• At least three full project lifecycles in procurement and logistics
• Proactive and versatile
• Preferably SAP certified

Essential
• Team leading expertise
• Clear and precise verbal and written communication
• Strong solution design and consulting capabilities
• Extensive configuration experience in MM purchasing, stock management and invoice processing. Minimum 5 years and 3 full project lifecycles
• Mobile, client site working

Desirable
• Expertise in at least one other related module, for example: SAP PM, CS, WM, SD, SRM
• End-user support and training
• Project Methodology: ASAP or Prince II
• SAP certified



If interested please contact Andy Bruce at Harrington Boyd

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Harrington Boyd

Salary

From £40,000 to £45,000 per year

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Oracle Procurement consultant - Leading IT organisation

Oracle Procurement (p2p) consultants needed for a world-renowned IT company to be based UK wide. The Oracle procurement (p2p) consultants will be working in an Oracle E-Business Suite project environment and will work with clients to establish the business requirements. The Oracle procurement (p2p) consultants will then design, configure, test and deliver the solution. The Oracle procurement (p2p) consultants will need to understand requirements and translate these into system solutions, resolving any business issues. This Oracle procurement (p2p) role will involve client interaction and the individual must have good business knowledge, analysis, interpersonal and communication skills.

The successful Oracle iProcurement consultant must have excellent knowledge of Oracle Procurement products. This means being well grounded in either purchasing, iProcurement, Sourcing, Contracts, Accounts Payable or either Inventory. As well as this, the Oracle procurement (p2p) consultant will have 1 full pruject lifecycle and have good Oracle R12 experience. A bonus would be some knowledge of OBIEE or BI Apps but this is not essential.

This is an exciting opportunity to take the next step in your Oracle career at a truly global organisation. If you are interested in this Oracle procurement role, please contact Jack Curran-Persell at Harrington Boyd.

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Fast Track Management Services

Salary

Competitive

Location

Leicester

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of FastTrack who are operating as an employment business.

One of the UK's leading Construction Companies is currently recruiting for an Assistant Materials buyer to join their existing procurement team.

The Candidate

As the assistant buyer you will be required to cover the procurement of materials including the carrying out of all administrative duties that are required, to enable the procurement department to service its customers in line with company procedures.

Key Duties:
•Assist the Procurement Manager to deliver the projected savings and procurement transformation through implementing an action plan aligned to the Procurement and Supply Chain Management Review
•Collection of information regarding potential supply problems, price movements and market conditions
•Promote a good working relationship with all the supply chain members
•Schedule materials
•Send out enquiries for goods / services
•Produce cost analysis spread sheets for goods / services procured
•Produce contracts for goods and services

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E-Recruiter

Salary

Competitive

Location

Liverpool

Job term

Temporary

Job hours

Full time

Senior Buyer and Contract Manager (Quote and Tender Management, Procurement Planning, Stakeholder Engagement) –Liverpool – Fixed term contract to May 2014 - Circa £35,000

We are seeking a Senior Buyer and Contract Manager for a client in Liverpool.

Job purpose
Responsible for executing and managing appropriate procurement and contracting exercises to procure and award contracts to sub-contractors within the Procurement Guidelines, through open competitive tendering and if required via OJEU.

Tasks and Responsibilities
* Engage with stakeholders (Budget Holders and Directors)
* Motivate and drive engagement, ensure maximum input and impact is obtained to deliver all procurement requirements
* Organisational Procurement Planning: Specify the procurement deliverables, identify, prioritise and schedule the procurement and organisational resources needed to meet the critical success factors of the procurement. Identify and quantify risks and plan to manage them. Monitor, review and report progress of procurement to the Management Team
* Organisational Cost Effectiveness: Identify and drive cost efficiencies and budget savings via the procurement process
* Quote and Tender Management: Manage all aspects of the quote and tender management process to deliver a portfolio of sub-contractors and suppliers to facilitate the delivery of services:
* Identify procurement requirement
* Determine appropriate procurement activity, support the various procurement requirements (single quotation, competitive quotations or full open competitive tender exercise)
* Create RFQ’s, PQQ’s, ITT’s, evaluation matrices, contract documentation and liaise with the Remploy Legal Team
* Manage the relationships with sub-contractors and suppliers prior, during and post procurement activity
* Manage the creation of frameworks to the business
* Mobilise and handover contracts, supplier agreements and relationships to the budget holders.
* Contract Management: Manage the organisation’s standard T’s and C’s in relation to Suppliers, liaising with the organisation’s lawyers. Ensure contracts awarded are fit for purpose
* Management of Information and Organisational Compliance: Produce full auditable records, (decision making and contractual commitments). Install a file management system for such records. Ensure the organisation’s Standing Orders and Financial Regulations are up to date

Core Skills, Knowledge and Experience required:
* Graduate or equivalent level of qualification or experience
* Recognised professional qualification, CIPS equivalent
* Experience of private sector and public sector procurement, including EU funded projects
* Track record of delivering procurement projects
* Knowledge and/or training in contract drafting and management
* Best practice purchasing practices
* Commercial approach and ability to promote the importance of adherence to procurement legislation
* Engage with stakeholders and to drive local social benefit through the organisational procurement process with budget holders
* Knowledge of MS Office software
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to articulate information, present clear, accurate and concise project performance reports to a wide range of audiences
* Negotiation and influencing skills that promotes understanding, commitment and action
* Strong team and interpersonal skills with a proven track record of working in a team to deliver major multi-partner events
* Proactive, results-oriented, innovative and self-motivated
* Highest standards of professionalism and integrity
* Developing and maintaining successful strategic relationships with key decision makers, stakeholders and sponsors
* Flexible working and manage conflicting priorities to meet the needs/demands of a dynamic organisation
* Resilience and ability to work under time, budget and other delivery pressures
* Experience of delivering ERDF programmes desired but not essential