Category Buyer

London  ‐ Onsite
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My Client is a major Central Government body, they are in need of a Category Buyer to support the Procurement manager in the day to day procurement tasks. They are looking for someone with excellent stakeholder management, experience in category management, an excellent track record of delivery VFM and exposure to e-auctions and e-tendering.

Working to the Procurement Manager, the role holder will;

* Support and deliver all the Services procurements.
* Lead and advice on the development of specifications, statements of works and invitation to tender/request for quotation documents in collaboration with colleagues.
* Along with the procurement manager, be responsible for satisfactory delivery of procurement's SLAs with its internal customers.
* Be the day to day procurement champion, driver and reviewer of the procurement transactional process
* Challenge and hold stakeholders to account, create an environment that acts as a catalyst for continuous improvement; which will help us to develop innovative commercial solutions to meet Service objectives and increase efficiency
* Be responsible for ensuring all adverts are placed on Contracts Finder as appropriate.
* Review and provide advice on a variety of templates, for example business cases, single tender actions.
* Ensure compliance with all Government controls.
* Transfer skills to others, within the team and the business - building capability across the business, to include drafting procedures
* Work in harmony with the rest of the Commercial team.

Experience required:

* Have a demonstrable track record of delivering value for money across a range of procurements and categories.
* Be able to demonstrate experience of operating in a commercial environment and delivering results, notably securing VFM, including experience of procurement planning, contract management and business processes.
* Have experience of building professional, dynamic relationships with internal and external stakeholders, at a senior level and working in a collaborative style.
* Good commercial business acumen with experience of developing commercial terms and conditions, specifications and contracting for new services.
* Demonstrable evidence of successful negotiation skills.
* Previous experience of overseeing supplier performance and relationship programmes to optimise supplier delivery to achieve best value
* The development and maintenance of proactive and positive commercial supplier relationships
* Strategic sourcing and category management experience
* Exposure to electronic procurement systems, eg P2P, e auctions, e tendering etc.
* Experience of consolidating disparate procurement activities
* Have well developed inter-personal, customer service and communication skills.

Degree educated or equivalent
Member of CIPS or part qualified

Please submit your CV before 10am Tuesday 10th March 2015.
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Badenoch & Clark is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Badenoch & Clark is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a registered Disability Symbol User.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
3 months
From
Badenoch & Clark
Published at
07.03.2015
Project ID:
864095
Contract type
Freelance
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