Category Buyer - Procurement

Overview

We are excited to announce a new role in our Procurement organisation based in the UK for our European businesses; Germany, France, Ireland, Spain and United Kingdom. This position will play an integral role in building an evolving department, delivering and implementing our procurement strategy.

This will be a hands-on, dynamic role for someone with strong procurement skills, the ability to forge good relationships and with the ambition to continuously learn and be challenged. The role will be working within a small, but high performing team, with opportunities to shape the position and develop and grow within the company.

This is a permanent full time position reporting into a Senior Category Manager.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this position will include, but are not limited to:

• “End to End” Sourcing: identifying new suppliers, negotiating, implementing, managing agreements and suppliers for both key categories and some tactical procurement


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  Conduct supplier categorization and segmentation of a decentralized supply base to identify harmonization & rationalization of suppliers across Europe
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  Maintain strong sustainable relationships with existing key strategic suppliers and identify new potential partners
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  Develop, manage & monitor supplier performance for strategic suppliers in partnership with key stakeholders
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  Develop key stakeholder relationships and build procurement’s reputation as a trusted business partner
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  Conduct both traditional and e-sourcing activities across the key European countries


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  Support the ESDG strategies within procurement, with special focus on supplier diversity
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  Develop relationships with global procurement counterparts ensuring alignment with the global procurement strategies
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  Drive continuous improvement and cost saving initiatives through the evaluation of the supply chain & procurement
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  Drive innovation into the business, uphold company brand and leverage external expertise through external connections and networking

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be able to exhibit the following competencies:

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  Experience sourcing, negotiating, implementing and managing small, medium, large and/or complex agreements, priorities and suppliers
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  Strong influencing skills
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  Enjoys creating impactful presentations with confident presentation delivery skills
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  High numeracy and analytical proficiency


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  Ability to challenge and suggest improvements and influence outcomes
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  High competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Office

Languages

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  Required: English
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  German, French and Spanish beneficial

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  UK/Egham, Surrey with some scope for hybrid working however office presence required at least 3 days per week
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  Must be able to work in the UK and travel to Europe
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  In the future, travel around Europe is likely for several days a month to our operations and suppliers

This is an excellent opportunity to make your mark. Our organization offers a supportive, diverse and collaborative working environment.

£30-35,000 per annum plus benefits package.

We’re a global business that covers 90 countries and boasts a fleet of more than 1.7 million vehicles. For our 100,000 colleagues, this means going the extra mile to keep everything running smoothly every day. Something you might not know is that we’re a family-run business, meaning people are at the heart of how we think and what we do. As a part of that people-focused approach, we’re also doing more for diversity, which is why we’re proud to say that we’ve been awarded Top Employer for Women 17 years in a row!