Job ID: 10821
Location: Folkestone, United Kingdom
Company: Eurotunnel Services Limited
Department: Procurement
Job type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: Dependant on experience, plus an attractive benefits package.
Application Deadline: Completed applications must be received no later than midnight on Monday 3rd February 2025.
The Role
As Procurement Group Leader, you will be responsible for overseeing the procurement process within the organisation. This role involves managing the acquisition of goods and services, ensuring cost efficiency, and adhering to regulations.
Principal Accountabilities, Qualifications, and Experience
* Create an optimal environment for team consultations, focusing on ethics, competition, safety, CSR, and planning.
* Serve as a point of reference for senior buyers, buyers, junior buyers, and assistants.
* Carry out market sourcing and compliance monitoring to identify opportunities to reduce total acquisition costs and improve team performance to fulfill consultations.
* Activity planning for the UK Team (Recurring Contracts and Projects), liaising with key departments (infrastructure, operations, facilities, and work train).
* Report to the procurement manager on the progress of files, contracts, and performance and the follow-up of any disputes.
* Ensure internal customers adhere to purchasing, financial, and regulatory procedures, including duty of care and due diligence.
* Oversee the team's receipt, application, and monitoring of financial guarantees, financial health, and liquidated damages for suppliers with ongoing orders/contracts.
* Approve orders and contracts within the signing limit, ensuring the best quality/price ratio. Issue higher value orders and contracts to the purchasing manager for signature.
* Perform strategic purchasing operations for defined internal customers, planning the consultation with the manager.
* Take responsibility for tender processes, by identifying and challenging needs, consulting, ensuring that those consulted comply with regulations, and presenting the project team's recommendations to management.
* Establish consultations (Request for Quote (RFQ), and Request for Proposal (RFP)). Define the best procurement strategy, develop price schedules, and ensure that the process is carried out to the best technical, financial, and contractual conditions to meet the needs identified.
* Analyse commercial offers using the "Commercial Bid Tabulation (CBT)": price breakdown, initial analysis of contractual reserves, verification of compliance with legal obligations by bidders, and contractual evaluation, with support from the Legal department.
* Conduct final negotiations, complete the CBT, include final technical analysis, and send recommendations to the relevant manager (prepare a Tender Board and circulate if required).
* Setting up contracts, purchase orders, drafting letters of award, regret, possibly letters of intent to order.
* Monitoring supplier performance: performance evaluation, dispute management, amendment writing (variations), change management.
* Oversee projects until the end of the project guarantee.
* Educated to A level or equivalent qualification and a University Degree is desirable.
* Demonstrable appropriate level of experience in a technical purchasing or project management role with experience in project-based working.
* Demonstrable experience using SAP or similar IT systems.
* Strong skills in Excel and other Microsoft applications.
* Able to demonstrate a high standard of written and verbal communication skills.
* Fluent in English (spoken and written). French would be an advantage.
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Applications are invited from agency workers who have a statutory right to apply in line with Section 13 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010.
For further information or to express an interest in this role, please contact Human Resources at recruitment@eurotunnel.com.
Please Note: From 1 January 2021, non-British and non-Irish nationals who do not already hold a UK immigration status will be required to obtain a visa in order to be able to work in the UK. Prior to applying for this role, please ensure that you are permitted to apply.
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