Responsibilities

• Develop positive relationships with team members and demonstrate behaviours to overcome resistance and conflict from team members or other stakeholders
• Contribute to the development and use of documented policies and procedures for the procurement and supply function and ensure their application by colleagues and stakeholders
• Research market data and use to estimate and negotiate current and future prices and costs for purchased goods and services
• Operate and promote the use of P2P systems for key processes in procurement and supply
• Identify opportunities for the use of E- auctions and organise E- auction events
• Collate data and estimate the breakdown of organisational costs represented by goods, services or constructional works
• Develop and effectively present business cases to justify expenditures and advise colleagues or other stakeholders of their contents
• Review processes and procedures for creating contracts to ensure that all legal requirements are complied with and recommend any changes required
• Develop appropriate specifications for the procurement of goods or services
• Create plans for sourcing processes identifying the steps to be taken and the involvement of internal or external stakeholders
• Evaluate the financial, commercial and technical capabilities of potential suppliers
• Evaluate the range of approaches that can be used in commercial negotiations and use them when appropriate
• Follow good practice in sourcing activities and negotiate to achieve competitive prices for purchased goods and services
• Formulate SMART targets for supplier performance and agree their application with suppliers and other stakeholders
• Evaluate data on the achievement of quality, timescales, quantities and place considerations for procurements from external suppliers and take actions to improve performance
• Maintain and promote to others personal and professional standards of honesty and integrity
• Engage with stakeholders to devise specifications, contract terms, KPIs and other instruments to encourage suppliers to prevent, detect and eradicate breaches of ethical standards

Selection Criteria

• Interested participants should apply for the programme via our website
• Shortlisted candidates will be called for a 15 minutes face-face or virtual interview. For selected technical roles participants may also be required take aptitude test