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We are looking for a driven Supply Chain Analyst to help us manage our Procurement function in Northamptonshire. Responsible for the sourcing, supply and delivery of products and services together with implementation of all supplier policies, this is a great opportunity to take a step forward in your Procurement career. BASIC SALARY: £35,000 - £40,000 BENEFITS: Non - Contributory Pension with 8% of salary from company. BUPA - after probation period, employee can pay for extra family members to be added. Life Assurance x 3 salary. Medicash Scheme. 26 Days Holiday plus stats. LOCATION: Towcester COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Northampton, Wellingborough, Daventry, Milton Keynes, Brackley JOB DESCRIPTION: Supply Chain Analyst / Energy Solutions / Energy Our Supply Chain Analyst / Procurement Officer will play a vital role in managing our supply function, reporting directly to the Commercial Manager you will help ensure a cost effective and efficient supply of services and materials for our UK operations. In addition to this, your key areas of work will be: Sourcing and Supplier Management Procurement Process Management Vendor Assessment and Selection Contract Management Data Analysis & Reporting PERSON SPECIFICATION: Supply Chain Analyst / Energy Solutions / Energy We are looking for a driven Supply Chain / Procurement professional who wants to be involved in many facets of our business, we are a collaborative business and want to hire people who are prepared to get their hands dirty and be involved at multiple parts of the procurement cycle. Ideally you will have: Experience of commercial procurement and contract negotiation Excellent communication skills across all level of business both internally and externally The ability to thrive in a team environment and a comfort with multiple IT systems Self motivation and a truly flexible approach to work, find it, fix it is a bit of a moto for us, we want people who want to be accountable Either holding, working towards or have the desire to attain the CIPS qualification (we can help with this) THE COMPANY: There is no one solution to the world's or our customers' energy needs. We offer tailored solutions that provides options. Our extensive global experience allows us to think differently. Always developing, our energy expertise expands across six key areas. One of these is our portfolio of world-class wind and solar projects across the world, with an increasing emphasis on market leading high penetration renewables for off-grid locations. It is highly likely that you would have undertaken one of the following roles: Supply Chain Analyst, Supply Chain Administrator, Buyer, Procurement & Supply Chain, Buying analyst, Supply Chain Planner, Demand Planner, Sales & Operations Planner, Business Planning Executive, Business Planner, Supply Analyst, Business Intelligence, Business Integration, Data Analyst. INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application. Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct. REF: MT17715, Wallace Hind Selection
Job Title: Category Manager - Indirect Contract: Full Time, Permanent Location: Milton Keynes Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 Company Bonus The Procurement Division at SF Recruitment are currently recruiting for an experienced Indirect Category Manager to join our long standing and well-established client at their head office based in Milton Keynes. This is a newly created job and is an excellent opportunity to join a business who is a leader in their field and has a significant amount of investment being focused on their procurement function. As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for the below: - Managing your own portfolio of indirect categories, ensuring that you are consistently reviewing and identifying areas of improvements, adding value, saving costs and mitigating risks. - Reporting to senior management on category, supplier and vendor performance. Also identifying recommendations of improvement for the wider business. - Building strong external supplier and vendor relationships to support with influencing negotiation/contractual stages and manage performance levels. - Reviewing internal procurement policies and processes, ensuring that these are in line with the procurement and wider business objectives, views and values. - Working collaboratively with the wider procurement division to ensure you meet agreed targets, performance levels and align future department plans. - Ensure the internal system maintains accurately updated regarding supplier approvals, purchase orders, invoices, contractual agreements and business reporting/data. The successful candidate will currently be working as a Category Manager already or be working within a strategic buying/procurement position where you have had exposure to the end-to-end procurement processes. What is essential is that you have experience with: - Building strong relationships at all levels both internally and externally. - Ability to challenge the norm and push back on decisions. - Ability to work within a fast-paced environment and complete your workload within agreed timeframes. - Demonstrate experience of managing and improving your category performance. - Exposure to working or leading business transformation related projects. This is a really exciting opportunity, being offered on a flexible/hybrid basis. You would need to be able to commute to Milton Keynes at least 2 times per week, however, you will need to be flexible around this to meet business objectives. If you wish to find out more or progress an application to the next stage, please click 'Apply Now' with a copy of your updated CV. We are hoping to move as quickly as possible due to the urgency of this role within the business, so interviews will be taking place ASAP. (No sponsorship is offered for this job opportunity).