Our client is seeking an exceptional Partner Support Administrator to become a pivotal part of their vibrant team, working hand-in-hand with Senior Leadership, Line Managers, and colleagues to elevate operations and ensure impeccable compliance and efficiency.
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Academics is a leading national academic jobs agency, specialising in the recruitment of permanent, long term and daily supply teacher jobs and education support staff for vacancies in Children's Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Further Education establishments.
We also have a dedicated team who work with both Mainstream and Specialist schools for Special Educational Needs.
The Procurement Business Partner is responsible for leading the development of strong relationships with business stakeholders to represent Procurement, ensuring that the function is delivering outcomes which are aligned with business priorities.
Build relationships with and work collaboratively across internal teams to ensure timely and successful delivery of products according to partner needs and objectives, leading to high levels of customer sat-isfaction.
Where required, take the lead for specific employer partners as directed by the Partnership Consultant.
Develop and maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
I am working on an exclusive basis with my client to join their procurement and supply chain organisation; to be accountable for developing and embedding procurement strategies in conjunction with other functions, for delivering total cost of ownership requirements, partnering with key suppliers in target category areas, leading strategic category procurement (sourcing) related activities, and ensuring responsibility for sourcing is managed directly through the sourcing team and indirectly across other colleagues.
While this role directly manages an Assistant Buyer who supports the overall procurement strategy deliverables, s/he would liaise closely with the neighbouring logistics team in ensuring the drafting of competent requests for quotations, integrating purchase ordering processes into framework agreements, developing budgets, and setting savings targets.
S/he would also lead the management of accreditation procedures of overall supply chain and supplier performance management procedures, ensuring cost/quality requirements are met and for operational delivery through an outsourcing model for key categories of spend.