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Assistant Procurement Manager
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Salary: £260 per day |
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Overview
Job Title: Assistant Procurement Manager Location: London, Waterloo Rate per day: £298.77LTD/Umbrella or £260.86 PAYE Contract Length - 6 months In Scope of IR35 About the role: An exciting opportunity has arisen based within our Professional Services procurement team. As a team we develop, implement, and maintain contracts/commercial arrangements within the spend areas for the Route Services division of Network Rail. The team covers a broad range of business requirements and is responsible for large scale contracts complying with OJEU procurement laws. You will be supporting the wider team as well as involved in smaller tenders yourself. What you will do: As we have a large, diverse and interesting stakeholder base, we are looking for a commercially aware individual with excellent relationship building and management skills with the ability to influence this base at all levels. You will be working within a friendly, encouraging and collaborative team where you will have the opportunity to generate your own ideas and the chance to work on additional projects outside of the scope of your role. Day to day duties will include assisting the Procurement Manager with a variety of responsibilities including undertaking sourcing projects, post contract and supplier relationship management, negotiating rates and variations of contracts. Key Accountabilities: You will own the effective sourcing, tendering and negotiation of goods, works and/or services to achieve customer requirements. Undertake data collection activities and conduct appropriate supply market analysis with a deep understanding of trends and cost drivers. You run cross-functional strategic analysis based on whole life cost principles. Use effective contracting and supplier strategies to mitigate supply market risks of procured goods/services. Build positive collaborative relationships with customers, suppliers, and between key functions / stakeholders to achieve high levels of customer happiness. You report the financial and non-financial benefits of procurement/post contract events, communicating the scope and benefits as well as responding to any price/service level challenges. Encompass sustainable solutions remove unnecessary waste without loss of function, and aggregate volumes. You can support and / or undertake the post contract commercial management of contracts when required to do so by the business, to deliver the right quality, on time and within budget; handling supplier performance to achieve a successful outcome for the customer. Your experience will include: Essential Experience in undertaking procurement activity e.g tenders, post contract management, relationship management. Excellent interpersonal, influential, communication and organisational skills. Strong data collection, analytical and financial skills Good written and presentation skills Good commercial awareness and skills Deals with people with integrity, providing constructive feedback. Desirable An understanding of strategic sourcing Proven customer service orientation and collaborative approach Good negotiation skills Educated to degree or advanced degree level Membership of an appropriate professional institution (e.g CIPS, RICS etc) at Associate Level or above Experience of using eSourcing applications. Understanding of EU Procurement regulations Understanding of Contract Terms and Conditions What you'll get in return Capita and our client understand what it is like to work as a contractor and we will do everything we can to make it a simple process for you - this includes dedicated on-boarding, extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are. About our client Our client is the largest rail infrastructure business in the country and is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. They are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years they will be spending around £23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day. What we hope you will do next Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - Click apply now. You will then be directed to a Capita owned microsite that will assist you with your application. Once completed you will then be contacted by the relevant recruiter. Our client welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or another irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.