Description
Harvey Nash is recruiting for a Procurement Officer to work in our clients Infrastructure, Operations and Maintenance Team for an Energy client in Scotland.
- This is a contract role covering maternity leave until July 2023 - working through an umbrella company paying £350 - £400 a day.
- Hybrid pattern of working from home and office work (2 days a week), our client has offices in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Perth.
The key category areas covered by the Team include Substation and Plant, Civils, Cabling, Overhead Line, Future Networks and Power Generation. Reporting to the Category Manager for Civils, Substation & Plant, you will be responsible for sourcing and managing a wide variety of goods, works and services including Civil construction, reinstatement, electrical plant, substation reinforcement works, construction materials, and automation.
Experience Required
- Be accomplished in negotiating costs, contractual terms and relevant performance measures for supplier contracts.
- Have experience of a formal sourcing process and have some knowledge of relevant contractual risks and how to manage/mitigate these.
- Be enthusiastic, with excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills that enable you to comfortably work across all levels within the business, whilst having the confidence to challenge the norm and think creatively
- Be self-motivated, commercially astute and have strong problem-solving skills.
- Be comfortable working to deadlines, being able to change priorities whilst managing own time effectively.
- Having experience across the above categories mentioned.
Please submit your CV for consideration.