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Job Description
An opportunity has arisen in a fast-moving team for a seasoned improvement practitioner working in the Procurement and Supply Chain environment. Leading approved functional improvements in processes, tools & methodologies, which enhance overall efficiency.
The opportunity:
- Support the UK Procurement and Supply Chain identification, development, and implementation of functional improvement and transformation activities.
- Project Manage tools improvement activities in support of Procurement and Supply Chain activities.
- Create, publish and support the implementation of new policies and processes through training and communication to the Procurement and Supply Chain teams.
- Provide ongoing functional support regarding the improvement / implementation of processes and tools.
- For the following projects specifically, work with internal customers and manage solution suppliers to implement, improve and deliver the Procurement & Supply Chain Domain strategy:
- Procurement & Supply Chain resilience assessment process.
- Analysis of data sets and sources for resilience.
- Project tracking and reporting.
- Analyse best general practices from industrial benchmarking of other relevant companies.
- Promote best practice and functional excellence:
- Collaborating functionally and cross functionally on improvement initiative and projects
- Develop and enhance the working practices between all areas of Procurement.
- Challenge the current ways of thinking and practices
- Drive efficiency of procurement and supply chain system initiatives through ongoing measurement and evaluation of their impact by using system data and KPIs to prioritise activities.
- Drive improvements for the Knowledge Management approach within ISP UK.
- Plan, develop and deliver training materials to support the implementation of system improvement projects.
- Project manage deliverables against plan and communicate across functions.
- Identify the relevant governance is in place as part of improvement control / progress plans.
- Collaborate and support BS&I and Improvement / Supply Chain Excellence functions.
You will be working within the Industrial policy, Global Supply Chain & Procurement Directorate and specifically as part of the Business Solutions and Improvement Team.
- On the job experience will be vast and will take you into different cultures and practices.
- You will have the chance to improve your competence by attendance of training, coaching and knowledge capitalisation events carried out from within the Procurement and Supply Chain Academy. You will already have a broad experience working in a variety of Procurement & Supply Chain roles.
- Experience of working in a complex matrix organisation, with an ability to work collaboratively, build relationships and demonstrate value-add.
- You will have good analytical and presentation skills, able to distil analysis to a meaningful direction for the receiver (possible actions to be taken).
- You will have excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to monitor and drive to completion.
- A proven track record of delivering improvements in a Procurement & Supply Chain environment.
- Knowledge of SAP and Ivalua would be an advantage.
Position - Principal Business Solutions & Improvement Officer Permanent
Location Stevenage
Salary - £50k + £2.5k Annual Bonus
Keywords: Business Improvement, Global Supply Chain, Procurement, SAP, Invalua, Continuous improvement, Supply Chain Excellence. Supply Chain Transformation.
Only apply for this role if you currently hold the specific Government Security Clearance or are eligible for Government Security Clearance.
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to British Citizens, can accept dual nationals with British Citizenship. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.
This is a Permanent Role
