Procurement Professional

Procurement Professional; based in Preston, 12 month contract; 37 hours a week; £24.00 per hour PAYE

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Professional to work as a member of the business, sector or group procurement team to provide procurement expertise, services and support to meet the operational needs of the business for BAE Systems. You will undertake a support role bringing a depth of expertise and will coordinate the work of others to ensure outcomes are delivered. As a Procurement Professional you will normally manage a larger or more complex order book, supplier or contract.

Typical duties will involve;
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision:
- Meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers.
- Delivers optimum value for money.
- Achieves the required service level as agreed with internal stakeholders.
- Seek out and champion opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Ensure priorities are managed and any issues of concern are escalated.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of Company systems, including purchase to pay systems, risk and supplier management tools.
- Manage contracts throughout their life in conjunction with the business
- Proactively manage instances of supplier under-performance against cost, quality and schedule.
- Raise formal documents to support the sourcing and contracting process, including Request for Information, Request for Quotation, Assessment documents, Purchase Orders.
- Manage supplier payment process and resolve any goods receiving and supplier debt issues.
- Identify, deliver and record savings.
- Effectively manage order book, to ensure timely deliveries and accurate cash forecasting.
- May have responsibility for a small team or lead for an area of activity on behalf of the wider team.
- Support and develop junior members of the team.
- Work collaboratively to identify and escalate risk.
- Ability to deputise for the Procurement Lead or Manager
- Be an advocate for the Supply Chain Function.

The successful candidate will have experience working within a procurement environment and possess a good standard of procurement competence in key areas of Sourcing, process knowledge, contracting skills and supplier management. You will also demonstrate good business acumen..

The ideal=candidate will possess or be working towards a Level 4 qualification (for example CIPS or ISM Level 4) or equivalent.

Skills:
- Works on own initiative with limited supervision and with responsibility for delivery, escalating concerns. Helps to define their own objectives.
- Works as an integral part of the team.
- Ability to use technical and previous experience to help make judgements.
- Analyse information and implement solutions with support, that best meet the requirements of the business.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Prioritising workload and communicating this to stakeholders when required.
- Problem solving, working collaboratively within the team and with other stakeholders to identify solutions.
- Ability to prioritise workload based on business need
- Good stakeholder management.
- Excellent communication skills.

Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

Buyer; vendor management; supply chain; procurement; purchasing; supplier management; risk management; negotiation; supplier performance; purchase orders; ERP systems; MS Office; influencing skills; shipping; ITAR; spares and repairs; RFQ; invoicing; SAP; Order book management; CIPS; MCIPS