Energy Buyer [Part-time 20 hours per week]
Description✓BUYER/CATEGORY BUYER- ENERGY [PART TIME 20 hours]
✓£[phone number removed] Pro Rata [20 hours per week] + Excellent Benefits
✓Location: Hybrid Working - Client Site in North West
✓Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.
✓This is a great part time opportunity for a degree educated and procurement professional within a global multinational energy environment
✓Our client is a multi-site manufacturing/processing and complex matrix organisation.
✓Our client has an opportunity for a Buyer to join its pan European procurement management team as Energy Buyer on a part time 20 hours per week basis
✓Previous experience of the Energy category is not necessary.
✓This role will offer good career development to a self-starter with lots of initiative, drive and ambition, keen to learn and to build the skills and technical procurement capabilities to progress to Senior Buyer
✓Our client will support your CIPS studies, if you are part qualified, as well as offering you lots of other training and development to enhance your career.
✓An interest in and previous experience of indirect categories such as utilities or energy or facilities or other would be a good foundation for this role
✓Some previous experience of drafting and executing model form contracts, such as the management of term and framework contractors will be very useful
✓Our client will provide extensive training.
✓The Role:
✓* Manage the delivery of energy buying activity for planned spend opportunities within defined contractual spend levels.
✓* Ensure energy services/solutions are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner, delivering 'agile' solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices
✓* Manage transactional negotiating and buying activities and support wider strategic procurement management including raising purchase orders in line with SAP P2P.
✓* Prepare RFQ's, evaluate, re-tender, renegotiate or extends contracts and suppliers in order to facilitate tactical and strategic sourcing with relevant stakeholders.
✓* Use of eProcurement tools to assist in the development of detailed business needs analysis for use by Procurement Managers
✓* Assist with the commercial management of procurement contracts.
✓* Assist in the development and execution of detailed tender documentation.
✓* Assist with the development of supply chain strategies and value delivery plans for energy categories of.
✓* Identification of savings targets, baseline agreements and methodologies for reporting purposes.
✓* Reporting on forecasts, actuals, annualised and cumulative savings figures.
✓Assisting with the delivery of actual value savings in line with agreed forecasts and contractual parameters
✓* Assist with risk analysis of key areas of the supply chain and asset base to establish demand pipeline and drive value delivery targets.
✓The Ideal Candidate:
✓* University degree educated
✓* Interested in working 20 hours per week part time.
✓* Part or Fully Qualified MCIPS or willing to study.
✓* Experience gained within a multinational, corporate and regulated environment such as utilities, chemical, nuclear, energy, power generation, aerospace, construction, pharmaceutical, engineering, capital intensive industry, public sector
✓* At least 18 months procurement experience in a Buyer role within Direct or Indirect Spend area, Energy, Utilities, Manufacturing, CAPEX, Capital Projects, Engineering, Facilities Management, General Building Projects, Construction arena.
✓* Some experience of assisting with the preparation and execution of model form contracts and the management of term and framework contractors highly advantageous but training will be provided.
✓* An understanding of category management principles and a working knowledge of SAP processes and functionality across the procurement process and integration with other functions.
✓* Some experience of supplier management including implementation of supplier management programmes with key suppliers would be highly advantageous
✓* Confidence and capability to influence at all levels of the organisation through strong relationship management.
✓* Excellent analytical, research, communication, and presentation skills.
✓* Excellent team working ability, particularly with suppliers and procurement and category managers.
✓* Ability to develop and manage strong relationships both internally and externally [e.g
✓suppliers].
✓* Highly motivated with a drive for results - performance focused.
✓Our client offers excellent development and the opportunity to make a real difference in a complex and challenging business that really values its people Show more →
✓£[phone number removed] Pro Rata [20 hours per week] + Excellent Benefits
✓Location: Hybrid Working - Client Site in North West
✓Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.
✓This is a great part time opportunity for a degree educated and procurement professional within a global multinational energy environment
✓Our client is a multi-site manufacturing/processing and complex matrix organisation.
✓Our client has an opportunity for a Buyer to join its pan European procurement management team as Energy Buyer on a part time 20 hours per week basis
✓Previous experience of the Energy category is not necessary.
✓This role will offer good career development to a self-starter with lots of initiative, drive and ambition, keen to learn and to build the skills and technical procurement capabilities to progress to Senior Buyer
✓Our client will support your CIPS studies, if you are part qualified, as well as offering you lots of other training and development to enhance your career.
✓An interest in and previous experience of indirect categories such as utilities or energy or facilities or other would be a good foundation for this role
✓Some previous experience of drafting and executing model form contracts, such as the management of term and framework contractors will be very useful
✓Our client will provide extensive training.
✓The Role:
✓* Manage the delivery of energy buying activity for planned spend opportunities within defined contractual spend levels.
✓* Ensure energy services/solutions are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner, delivering 'agile' solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices
✓* Manage transactional negotiating and buying activities and support wider strategic procurement management including raising purchase orders in line with SAP P2P.
✓* Prepare RFQ's, evaluate, re-tender, renegotiate or extends contracts and suppliers in order to facilitate tactical and strategic sourcing with relevant stakeholders.
✓* Use of eProcurement tools to assist in the development of detailed business needs analysis for use by Procurement Managers
✓* Assist with the commercial management of procurement contracts.
✓* Assist in the development and execution of detailed tender documentation.
✓* Assist with the development of supply chain strategies and value delivery plans for energy categories of.
✓* Identification of savings targets, baseline agreements and methodologies for reporting purposes.
✓* Reporting on forecasts, actuals, annualised and cumulative savings figures.
✓Assisting with the delivery of actual value savings in line with agreed forecasts and contractual parameters
✓* Assist with risk analysis of key areas of the supply chain and asset base to establish demand pipeline and drive value delivery targets.
✓The Ideal Candidate:
✓* University degree educated
✓* Interested in working 20 hours per week part time.
✓* Part or Fully Qualified MCIPS or willing to study.
✓* Experience gained within a multinational, corporate and regulated environment such as utilities, chemical, nuclear, energy, power generation, aerospace, construction, pharmaceutical, engineering, capital intensive industry, public sector
✓* At least 18 months procurement experience in a Buyer role within Direct or Indirect Spend area, Energy, Utilities, Manufacturing, CAPEX, Capital Projects, Engineering, Facilities Management, General Building Projects, Construction arena.
✓* Some experience of assisting with the preparation and execution of model form contracts and the management of term and framework contractors highly advantageous but training will be provided.
✓* An understanding of category management principles and a working knowledge of SAP processes and functionality across the procurement process and integration with other functions.
✓* Some experience of supplier management including implementation of supplier management programmes with key suppliers would be highly advantageous
✓* Confidence and capability to influence at all levels of the organisation through strong relationship management.
✓* Excellent analytical, research, communication, and presentation skills.
✓* Excellent team working ability, particularly with suppliers and procurement and category managers.
✓* Ability to develop and manage strong relationships both internally and externally [e.g
✓suppliers].
✓* Highly motivated with a drive for results - performance focused.
✓Our client offers excellent development and the opportunity to make a real difference in a complex and challenging business that really values its people Show more →
Features
- ✓Pro Rata + Benefits