Senior Procurement Team Leader

Our client is searching for a Senior Procurement Team Leader to join their team at Head Office

**KEY RESULT AREAS**
- Accountable for on-time and in full at the lowest cost delivery to the business.
- Managing the buying process for a given set of goods in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.
- Providing technical/commercial assistance to Buyers and Procurement Administrators to develop an awareness of procurement processes and improve product knowledge.
- Balance both tactical executions with strategic initiatives necessary to drive cost reduction projects.
- Actively participate in supplier performance reviews.
- Managing problems and schedule changes and ensuring changes are reflected within the ERP system.
- Monitoring market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
- Researching and evaluating areas of opportunity and reducing costs where possible.
- Balancing both tactical executions with strategic initiatives necessary to drive cost reduction projects.
- Interfacing between supplier and entity concerning specifications and budgets.
- Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
- Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
- Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
- Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken to all supplier relationships.
- Assess RFQ/RFP’s and quotations from potential suppliers.
- Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organisational targets and requirements.
- Research and evaluate existing and new suppliers.
- Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues.
- Accountable for Reporting by;
- Delivering briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.
- Ensuring continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicating any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
- Developing creative and innovative procurement processes.
- Explore alternate sources for goods and materials.
- Accountable for compliance.
- Ensure compliance with company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
- Accountable for People Development by;
- Develop and maintain a strong foundation of function skills and knowledge of relevant purchasing and sourcing concepts.
- Mentor and coach, the team to enhance their career and professional development.
- Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding new projects, supplies and initiatives and advise of the impact of change on purchasing and production activities.
- Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact.
- Attend meetings and update others on issues or concerns, when there is a risk which could prevent the organisation from meeting customer demands or where there are over-capacity concerns.
- Support product change requests and review and communicate the impact on capacity plans.
- Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.

**REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- Relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering degree is preferred, B-Tec Higher Professional Degree, or equivalent NVQ Level 4 qualifications. Bcom Supply Chain
- Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)

**REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE**
- Minimum 5 to 10 years experience in a senior procurement function.
- Proven purchasing experience, preferably within and procurement or manufacturing environment
- Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements.
- Contract management and supplier experience.
- Strong technical knowledge and understanding of engineering processes and components and supply chain management

**RECOMMENDED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & QUALITIES**
- Computer Literate and high level of Microsoft Excel proficiency.
- Well-spoken and an excellent communicator with a high level of English communication proficiency.
- Strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Dynamic individual with the ability to work in a highly pressurised. environment.
- Analytical thinker.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize.