Strategic Procurement Specialist

Strategic Procurement Specialist required on 6momth rolling contract with a major offshroe wind turbine supplier based in west midlands.

This role is inside IR35.

We seek an experienced Procurement individual highly motivated and self-driven to:

Lead sourcing activities and negotiations for low to high value aerospace and industrial type components to optimize cost opportunities, contract coverage, and secure supply continuity.

Undertake contractual and price negotiations with new and existing suppliers to mitigate commercial risk and optimise commercial advantage for current and future programmes.

Carry out in depth cost breakdowns analysis (including cost estimation) and negotiate the lowest TCA in order to contribute to the divisional cost saving targets. Drive cost reduction and resourcing programmes to support strategy execution ensuring impact on existing supply chains are managed.

Develop and deliver robust and integrated Commodity and Supplier strategies to provide supply chains capable of providing business needs across all stakeholder areas. Ensure a close cooperation with internal customers to ensure customer care and early involvement.

What You Bring Ability to work in a complex, fast changing global organisational environment. 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing/commodity management. Outstanding Excel skills. Outstanding communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Excellent commercial, contractual, and project management acumen. Familiarity with component Manufacturing processes and Quality Knowledge of working with a global supplier base, in a matrix environment. Bachelor’s degree required; Masters degree and/or CIPS desired Integrates Procurement in the project management process and organizes, controls and monitors all Procurement activities in a project.

* Participates in project/sales meetings as project core team member to exert a shaping influence at an early stage and to optimize internal workflows and processes.

* Establishes proper sourcing and Procurement processes and controls all Procurement resources and activities in the project.

* Analyzes customer inquiries during bid preparation / opportunity management phases and exactly understands the customer's functional needs in order to include (supplier) innovations.

* Supports project calculation with reliable material cost data.

* Analyzes scope of supply and contract agreements, carries out risk analyses and introduces negotiation recommendations.

* Analyzes sales and operations planning in respect of starting / new projects, assessing and controlling material costs within the whole project business in order to ensure the involvement of Procurement.

* Drives Procurement strategies in projects and ensures their implementation. * Heads up contractual and price negotiations and/or supports the specialist buyers responsible for particular material fields.

* Clarifies internal indicators for project controlling and compiling all relevant information to submit qualified reports.

* Forwards systematically all relevant Procurement related project information As the role is for contractors, we require CVs that have experience in the following skills and can work independently, Strategic sourcing/ Commodity management (e.g spend analysis, supplier segmentation) Contract negotiations (understanding of T&Cs, market intelligence) Direct procurement Advanced Data Analysis (e.g. MS Excel) Others: cost savings, risk management, Supplier Relationship Management, Cost Value Engineering