Senior Buyer - Labour

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Camberley
Salary
Competitive
Posted
21 Jul 2022
Closes
18 Aug 2022
Sectors
Procurement
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Senior Buyer - Labour

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Buyer. We would love to hear from you if you have previous experience within a similar role with a background in buying Sub-contractor services, Labour and Professional services.

We are a leading technology company and specialise in the design, build, support and management of the UK's critical digital infrastructure. With current annual revenues in excess of GBP400M and 2,700 employees. We operate within various industry sectors including Rail, Traffic, Public Safety, Defence, Service Providers, Enterprise and Public Sector.

Excellent employee benefits: - we are committed to ensuring we offer industry leading career opportunities, salary, and benefits packages

Role Profile:

Reporting into the Senior Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for the creation and implementation of the designated commercial strategies for Labour and related spend. You will

work within the function to support the delivery of a structured sourcing and fulfilment srategy, targeted to delier significant efficiencies and cost savings, demonstrating value.

Typical Deliverables:

You will be supporting RFx activities for both Bid tenders and Projects including creation and issue of NDA's
Support for maintenance of approved supplier list (ASL)
Ensuring category codes are fit for purpose
You will be responsible for creation of iProcurement strategy
Responsible for Supplier on-boarding and evaluation
Support investigations of supplier performance failures and work with SQA team to find resolutions
Support supplier relationship management and develop best-fit business review schedule, in line with supplier classification

Business Operations Skills - Experience:

Must have experience in a procurement or commercial environment
Experience of Microsoft Office 365 products especially MS Excel
Strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
Understanding of procurement principles, practices and the value that Procurement can bring
A high attention to detail and ability to achieve high levels of data accuracy

Business Operations Skills - Qualifications:

Degree / HND / HNC or equivalent in an appropriate discipline
Or Professional qualification MCIPS, preferably Chartered status
Depth and breadth of experience may be considered where these qualifications have not been obtained

You'll receive formal training. - and on-the-job training where appropriate - to ensure you're up-skilled as technology develops along with E-learning schemes to help or refresh skills on-line

You'll be treated as an individual. We're not a vast corporation, which means every individual counts. With us, you'll be valued and supported, involved and empowered from day one.

Join us and you can expect to receive:

33 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell five days each year
Company pension scheme
A range of family friendly policies
Occupational health support
Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward schemeWe reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Telent is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion.

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