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Senior Procurement Specialist
Apply locations: Peterborough Time type: Full time Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago Time left to apply: End Date: January 13, 2025 (18 days left to apply) Job requisition id: R29027 £46,000 - £50,000, salary depending on skills and experience Permanent Full time, 37 hours Hybrid working, in the Peterborough Office (2-3 days in the office) Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, allowing you to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location will be in Peterborough, with 2-3 days in the office. The Senior Procurement Specialist role is responsible for planning, managing, and the timely delivery of a pipeline of strategic sourcing initiatives and negotiation of contracts. You will play a critical role in achieving the required outcomes for the initiatives to support the business, our regulators, owners, and customers. You will use your well-proven strategic thinking, as well as excellent influencing abilities to manage and engage with multiple internal and external stakeholders. Ensuring relationships with the market are managed effectively to achieve strategic outcomes by developing a deep understanding of market dynamics and business demand for given spend areas. Leveraging your extensive experience in procurement and ensuring category profile methodology is incorporated throughout strategy development. Generating high-quality data and updating relevant modules within the AWS technical platforms to demonstrate and allow for real-time view of projects/events, their progress, and enable relevant reporting. You will use your knowledge to actively support and mentor the wider community within the Commercial Procurement Team, particularly those in the Procurement Specialist roles. What will you be doing?
Develop, own, and actively manage a strategic portfolio of work. Deliver sourcing initiatives on time to maximize value to the business. Appoint and onboard suppliers following an agreed sourcing methodology suitable for the value or complexity of the spend and/or requirement. Lead on complex commercial negotiations and complete e-auctions when applicable. Ensure relevant systems are used and updated to ensure an auditable process and efficient reporting to the business. Provide advice and support to the business to understand and deliver their requirements. Identify any spend trends which may need further investigation and execute identified actions. Ensure sustainable procurement risks are understood and managed for all projects. Negotiate with suppliers on a “spot buy” basis where appropriate. Develop a deep understanding of the business needs for specific spend areas and demand profile over time. Develop strong market knowledge within assigned spend categories. Work as part of a team to identify opportunities/benefits through improved working practices with supply chain partners. Work as part of a team to onboard suppliers. What does it take to be a Senior Procurement Specialist?
CIPS Professional standard and membership to a minimum of level 5 or educated to profession or degree level in a procurement or commercial related course. Excellent knowledge of European Procurement and other relevant legislation. Established professional with extensive commercial acumen experience. Established professional with extensive experience within a Strategic Procurement team. Successful and substantial experience in project management. Substantial experience in successful strategic strategy creation and category management capability. Hold an appropriate professional qualification or membership of a professional body. As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
Personal private health care. 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service. Flexible working. Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%. Bonus scheme. Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle. Why Anglian Water?
As the water sector continues to face major financial, regulatory, and environmental challenges over the coming years, Anglian Water and its partners have continued to set the pace with innovative ideas and solutions to ensure that we deliver an outstanding service to our customers. As a result, we are looking for a self-motivated and self-assured Procurement Professional with a sharp mind who thrives in a fast-paced environment. Closing date: 12 January 2025 About Us
We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, ensuring they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application and make any adjustments to ensure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV. We also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date. If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check, as well as your right to work in the UK. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.
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Apply locations: Peterborough Time type: Full time Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago Time left to apply: End Date: January 13, 2025 (18 days left to apply) Job requisition id: R29027 £46,000 - £50,000, salary depending on skills and experience Permanent Full time, 37 hours Hybrid working, in the Peterborough Office (2-3 days in the office) Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, allowing you to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location will be in Peterborough, with 2-3 days in the office. The Senior Procurement Specialist role is responsible for planning, managing, and the timely delivery of a pipeline of strategic sourcing initiatives and negotiation of contracts. You will play a critical role in achieving the required outcomes for the initiatives to support the business, our regulators, owners, and customers. You will use your well-proven strategic thinking, as well as excellent influencing abilities to manage and engage with multiple internal and external stakeholders. Ensuring relationships with the market are managed effectively to achieve strategic outcomes by developing a deep understanding of market dynamics and business demand for given spend areas. Leveraging your extensive experience in procurement and ensuring category profile methodology is incorporated throughout strategy development. Generating high-quality data and updating relevant modules within the AWS technical platforms to demonstrate and allow for real-time view of projects/events, their progress, and enable relevant reporting. You will use your knowledge to actively support and mentor the wider community within the Commercial Procurement Team, particularly those in the Procurement Specialist roles. What will you be doing?
Develop, own, and actively manage a strategic portfolio of work. Deliver sourcing initiatives on time to maximize value to the business. Appoint and onboard suppliers following an agreed sourcing methodology suitable for the value or complexity of the spend and/or requirement. Lead on complex commercial negotiations and complete e-auctions when applicable. Ensure relevant systems are used and updated to ensure an auditable process and efficient reporting to the business. Provide advice and support to the business to understand and deliver their requirements. Identify any spend trends which may need further investigation and execute identified actions. Ensure sustainable procurement risks are understood and managed for all projects. Negotiate with suppliers on a “spot buy” basis where appropriate. Develop a deep understanding of the business needs for specific spend areas and demand profile over time. Develop strong market knowledge within assigned spend categories. Work as part of a team to identify opportunities/benefits through improved working practices with supply chain partners. Work as part of a team to onboard suppliers. What does it take to be a Senior Procurement Specialist?
CIPS Professional standard and membership to a minimum of level 5 or educated to profession or degree level in a procurement or commercial related course. Excellent knowledge of European Procurement and other relevant legislation. Established professional with extensive commercial acumen experience. Established professional with extensive experience within a Strategic Procurement team. Successful and substantial experience in project management. Substantial experience in successful strategic strategy creation and category management capability. Hold an appropriate professional qualification or membership of a professional body. As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
Personal private health care. 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service. Flexible working. Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%. Bonus scheme. Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle. Why Anglian Water?
As the water sector continues to face major financial, regulatory, and environmental challenges over the coming years, Anglian Water and its partners have continued to set the pace with innovative ideas and solutions to ensure that we deliver an outstanding service to our customers. As a result, we are looking for a self-motivated and self-assured Procurement Professional with a sharp mind who thrives in a fast-paced environment. Closing date: 12 January 2025 About Us
We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, ensuring they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application and make any adjustments to ensure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV. We also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date. If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check, as well as your right to work in the UK. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.
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