Senior Buyer /Category Manager - IT & Telecomms

Essar Oil UK Ltd ,
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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Senior Buyer /Category Manager - IT & Telecomms Stanlow, Ellesmere Port Competitive Salary plus excellent benefits Closing Date: Sunday 05 April 2020 About the Company Essar Oil UK is a leading UK-focussed downstream energy company whose main asset is the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, one of the most advanced refineries in Europe and situated close to the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester. Stanlow is a key strategic national asset, annually producing over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, while playing an important part in Britain’s petrochemical industry by providing key feedstocks. The business is a major supplier in the North West and beyond with customers including most of the major retail brands operated by international oil companies and supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading commercial airlines and the region’s trains and buses. The business covers crude and product trading, refinery operations, HSE implementation, maintenance support and technological services, together with marketing and retail activities. Our commitment to maintaining safe and healthy working conditions and following the best operating practices to protect the environment underpins everything we do. We employ over 900 highly trained and loyal staff, who are at the heart of everything we do. The company has an embedded safety culture, technically challenging work across the different parts of the business and some of the best training available in the energy industry. The Role We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced procurement professional who will be responsible for the definition, analysis, development and implementation of category strategies for IT and telecoms as well as other assigned categories. The role holder will be responsible for developing and owning strong working relationships with stakeholders and senior business leaders within the IT organisation and across Essar Oil UK. They will need to understand business priorities and requirements, providing deep expertise within IT and telecoms and other assigned categories, as well as having an intimate knowledge of the supply market, key dynamics and latest thinking within categories. Additionally, the individual will collaborate with stakeholders, suppliers and Procurement Team members to lead end to end strategic sourcing projects, manage contracts and assigned supplier relationships effectively to mitigate supply risks, and ensure maximise value delivery from our supplier relationships. About You Our ideal candidate will be an established procurement professional, who holds a relevant Technical or Business Degree, as well as CIPS Professional Diploma, or is working towards it. They will have expert knowledge in ERP Systems, in particular SAP, and will have strong IT and telecoms sourcing experience. Experience of other indirect categories e.g. Professional Services, Facility Management, HR etc. will be an added advantage. They will be required to have a proven track record with vendor negotiations and stakeholder and supplier relationship management, preferably working within the required IT category. They will be confident in communicating with internal and external stakeholders, both verbally and in a written style, and will have experience in delivering presentations. They will need to be able to run multiple projects simultaneously, and have the ability to be agile in their approach to work. Please note, We work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list. recruitment careers buyerjobs procurementjobs IT telecoms CIPS ellesmereportjobs jobsinellesmereport

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