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Location: Corby

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30-17.00- 40 hour week

Hybrid- 3 days per week onsite

As our Procurement Specialist you'll responsible for the buying of goods and services relating directly to Arvato’s Facilities & Engineering Departments. Your typical day-to-day duties will include meeting with Suppliers, working on tenders RFI’s and RFQ’s, implementing Supplier Agreements, negotiating Contracts and working with internal stakeholders as a dotted line into Head of Facilities & Engineering.

Your Tasks

* Work closely with the Facilities & Engineering Team and take ownership and accountability of category strategy.

* Preparation and execution of tenders, RFI’s and RFQ’s for facilities & engineering

* Consolidate existing Suppliers and source new

* Source new products and materials

* Negotiate and implement Supplier Agreements

* Supplier commercial negotiations

* Work with key Suppliers to improve service levels and potential group growth

* Build relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of change

* Be accountable for achieving agreed targets and objectives

* Drive process standardisation and simplification

* Manage Supplier OTIF, troubleshoot associated service issues, and lead escalations

* Promote sustainability standards throughout the Arvato and Supplier supply chains

Your Profile

* Experience of facilities management & engineering MRO procurement within an FMCG environment, ideally warehousing and logistics

* Must be able to demonstrate hands on experience with the end-to-end RFI, RFQ and tender delivery

* ·Experience within business process design advantageous

* Able to evidence success within Supplier consolidation programs

* Strong analytical and organisational skills

* Able to create strategic and tactical plans

* Good influencer and able to work well with stakeholders

* A working knowledge of Project Management

* Able to balance priorities and work to tight deadlines

* Good communicator – clear and concise, written and verbal

* Experience with performance management and reporting

* Problem solving

* Conflict resolution skills

* Good IT skills and a working knowledge of SAP is desirable

We Offer

25 days annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days

Pension contribution

A life assurance policy that pays out 4 x Salary

Employee Assistance Programme that provides you with confidential support, information, and advice to help you

Employee Discount Scheme through Treats

Free car parking