Indirect Contract Specialist

Butler Rose Recruitment is delighted to support our client a leading manufacturer in the Plymouth area in their search for an experienced Indirect Procurement Specialist. This role requires a proactive and knowledgeable professional to take ownership of indirect spend, driving value through strategic sourcing, effective contract management, and cost-saving initiatives.

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Manage competitive bids for indirect requirements
• Develop, negotiate, and maintain robust contracts with suppliers to secure optimal pricing and high service standards.
• Provide support to the Direct Purchasing Manager when needed, including acting as cover during their absence.
• Assist the Head of Purchasing in enhancing and executing purchasing strategies.
• Oversee the on-site integrated supplier team, managing service levels, cost-saving activities, and team performance.
• Identify opportunities to reduce indirect costs and lead projects from conception through to implementation, coordinating with all relevant stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key indirect suppliers.
• Identify and assess potential new suppliers, including options for dual sourcing.
• Identify opportunities to lower indirect inventory levels and develop effective actions to realise these reductions.
• Ensure compliance with all sourcing, contracting, and risk management policies and ethics.
• Recognise potential risks in contracts and devise strategies to mitigate them.
• Prepare and present regular reports detailing contract status, performance, and achieved savings.
• Evaluate and implement solutions that best support business objectives, weighing alternatives where necessary.

To excel in this role, you should have:

• Experience indirect procurement ideally in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to cultivate effective relationships internally and externally.
• Well-developed negotiation skills.

Package

• Salary up to £50,000
• Enhanced leave entitlement and pension
• Flexible working hours
• Permanent Monday to Friday role - site based

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.