Retail Supply Chain Procurement Advisor - 6 months - OUTSIDE

Berkshire  ‐ Onsite
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Retail Supply Chain Procurement Advisor - 6 months - Reading - £ DOE

OUTSIDE IR35

We here at Parity have an amazing opportunity for a Fashion Retail Procurement Advisor to join our client on a 6-month interim based in Reading. I'm currently recruiting for this unique position for our major retail client, do apply if you have core retail procurement experience.

The procurement team look after "Goods not for resale" (GNFR) covering categories such as Supply Chain, Marketing, IT, Facilities Management, Retails Operations and Store Development.

Job Description

  • Partner with the Supply Chain team to ensure that we have the right suppliers in place that deliver the right quality at the right price.
  • Develop Category plans for a subset of Inbound, Warehousing or Logistics
  • Represent and act as the delegate for the Business Partner supply chain as appropriate
  • Represent the category on relevant strategy development and planning forums
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring business alignment on critical objectives
  • Identify risks to existing Primark supply lines and mitigate by sourcing alternative supplies.
  • As part of Smart Spend programme (and those outside of its scope), identify opportunities for costs savings and work with the internal customers to get buy-in to deliver and regularly report against them.
  • Provide market intelligence and market sourcing research for internal customers with

Skills/Experience

  • 2-3 years related experience in a Procurement role, with recent supply chain experience
  • Subject matter expertise and market knowledge of Supply chain, preferably in retail
  • Demonstrated ability to forge close business relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Experience of working within fast-paced and matrixed organisations
  • Experience of developing strategic partnerships with key suppliers
  • Ability to meet deadlines and prepare regular reports to share progress and performance
  • Knowledge of financial, legal, sustainability/CSR and ethical sourcing

We look forward to hearing from you.

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Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months
From
Parity Professionals
Published at
21.01.2020
Project ID:
1878460
Contract type
Freelance
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