Job Overview
1. This role will report into the Procurement Manager - Bids, Mobilisations and Acquisitions within our Centre of Excellence Team and will support primarily on:
2. Bids – Leading on obtaining competitive supplier pricing, working closely with the Procurement Category & Sourcing Teams and Bid Pricing Teams
Mobilisations - Supporting pricing validations as well as supplier onboarding activities to ensure suppliers can be appropriately vetted and loaded into Mitie systems, ready to be deployed in time for glo live of a new client., working closely with the Procurement Centre of Excellence Team and Operations Team.
Key External Relationships:
3. 3rd Party Suppliers
Key Internal Relationships:
4. Procurement Category & Sourcing Teams
5. Sales Teams – Bid Support
6. Operations Teams – Mobilisation Support
7. Internal Audit & Financial Teams
8. Business Division and Finance Business Partners
Mitie Shared Services
Main Duties
9. Sourcing, Negotiations & Contracting Support on a range of sourcing activities, including the gathering of spend, volume and service needs data in preparation for sourcing activities.Negotiate and influence suppliers to achieve best market value
10. Stakeholder Management Manage and support a wide range of internal stakeholdersSupporting the development of annual targets and goals across cost, quality, reliability, and deliveryWork cross-functionally with other departments and internal stakeholdersManaging relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, from aligning with internal colleagues to gather, assess and challenge business requirements to appropriately challenging external stakeholders whilst maintaining relationships
What we are looking for
11. 2 to 3 years procurement experience, showing evidence of considerable self-development.
12. Excellent communication, negotiation and analytical skills (written and oral), customer facing skills, excellent organizational skills, time management skills.
13. Accountable and dedicated, with a proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving and fast paced environment.
14. Clear track record of stakeholder management with a clear focus on strategy implementation and risk mitigation.
15. Capable of conflict management and resolution.
16. CIPS qualification is preferred but not essential.
17. Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.