Delivery Buyer

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon is searching for a Delivery Buyer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a maternity leave cover contract position.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.

The Opportunity:

Overall responsibility and leadership for all contract management and Supplier Relationship management activities and local and regional sourcing within their sphere of responsibility. This includes:

• Responsible for supporting the strategic sourcing activity in line with Strategy Category Plan, providing insight and local market intelligence, as required.
• Responsible for sourcing any local and regional spend in line with the SCP.
• Responsible for implementing the relevant global contracts sourced by the Strategic Buyer.
• Responsible for the Contract and Supplier Relationship Management activities for the contracts created at a global and regional level.
• Responsible for Regional/Local one-off purchase sourcing and order placement by exception where this cannot be carried out by the Operational Buying team (i.e. language, local market Intelligence, cultural).
• Responsible for escalation of significant contractual issues to the Strategic Buyer.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Savings in line with the savings target (Budgetary and Value Add) for their local / Regional Sourcing activities
• Contract Management KPI s and supplier performance (Change management, ongoing cost performance, problem resolution timing etc. etc.).
• Supplier Relationship KPI s (completion of Supplier Relationship Performance Surveys, supplier business reviews).
• Sourcing timing for local / Regional Contracts over GSP threshold.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Category Strategy:

• Responsible for reviewing the Strategic Category Plan.
• Support local Stakeholder alignment in relation to strategy creation and implementation of the categories.

Sourcing:

• Responsible for delivering sourcing of local/regional suppliers in line with SCP.
• Responsible for Regional/Local one-off purchase sourcing and order placement by exception where this cannot be carried out by the Operational Buying team (i.e. language, local market Intelligence, cultural, systems).
• Responsible for Global Sourcing Approach Document (GSAD) submission and GSP process adherence for the regional and local sourcing.
• Ensure alignment with Global Category Leads and Strategic Buyers to ensure strategic / tactical sourcing is in line with strategy for the regional and local sourcing.
• Identify Make vs Buy and business justification when required and support analysis for regional and local sourcing.
• Responsible for supply chain risk management for the regional and local sourcing
• Engage with specialist functions where required GPF, Risk, OGC.
• Maintain lead for supplier interaction.

Contract Management:

• Responsible for managing dispute resolution process.
• Responsible for the Change Management of the contracts and Purchase Orders.
• Lead continuous improvement /benchmarking and implementation of the improvements.
• Responsible for resolution of identified problems.
• Responsible for on-boarding Suppliers into the BAU environment as required.
• Support Financial reconciliation activities, as required.
• Lead Stakeholder alignment to confirm ongoing service satisfaction.
• Responsible for conducting contract audit/reviews in line with requirements.
• Responsible for adhering to the Contract Management guide.

Supplier Relationship Management:

• Responsible for conducting the Supplier Relationship Performance Survey (SRPS).
• Responsible for maintaining the SRPS actions plans and working with suppliers and internal stakeholders to complete the actions.
• Responsible for ensuring the Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier Performance Management processes are carried out effectively for their category.
• Responsible for organising and conducting the Supplier business reviews, capture the minutes and actions and work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to complete these actions.
• Responsible for input to the Supplier Excellence Awards.

Key Interactions:

• Stakeholders / Budget holders / Requisitioner departments.
• Suppliers within category - normally account / operations director.
• Finance controller for project / programme or requisitioner functional area.
• External Industry forums.
• OGC.
• Supplier Risk Team.
• Regional Buying Teams.
• GPF.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

• An individual who is results driven, demonstrates, tenacity, drive and perseverance, with the ability to deliver in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred.
• Commercial Awareness and Negotiation skills.
• Understand category management principles.
• Global business understanding and experience.
• Operational Contract Management experience.
• Relationship management - internal and external.
• Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs.
• Ability to travel internationally.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Experience of stakeholder operational deployment / requirements of category (e.g. has worked in the stakeholder area of the specific category).
• Category knowledge and demonstrated experience.
• Previous supplier experience within category.
• Relevant professional qualification.

Essential Personal Profile:

• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.
• Self-motivated, uses initiative and problem solver focussed on delivering results.
• Able to deliver quality and consistency in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• Strong communicator with a proven track record of demonstrating logic and analytical thinking.

Desirable Personal Profile:

• Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure, whilst responding constructively to challenging new ideas and inputs.
• Proactive team player, who is happy to be hands on and work with a small team.