Job title: Associate Buyer
Location: Warwick/Hybrid
Duration: 6 months initially
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The role:
Support lower value and lower risk sourcing and contract management activities for assigned spend categories. Key activities will include spend data analysis, supply market research, identification and qualification of potential vendors, preparation of tender documentation, management of competitive sourcing processes, analysis of bidder responses, negotiation, contract award and contract mobilisation.
Responsibilities:
1. On behalf of the Category and Project teams deliver sourcing projects with associated savings and other benefits.
2. Run the most suitable end-to-end sourcing process related to the nature of the requirements, including identification of potential suppliers, market research, production of tender documentation, management of RFx timelines, supplier evaluation, negotiation, and contract finalisation.
3. Deliver the lower value (typically 20k - 100k) and lower complexity sourcing event types including single contracts, framework call-offs, and contract extensions, based on workload allocated by the Hub Manager and in line with the agreed threshold matrix.
4. Ensure work delivered is aligned with Category Strategies.
5. Carry out contract management activities for a portfolio of suppliers on behalf of the category teams, focusing on lower value, lower complexity frameworks/contracts.
6. Qualify changes required to contracts, communicating effectively with the relevant Category Lead regarding the need and details of the change.
7. Carry out some expediting activity in respect of products National Gas procures (ordering, tracking delivery, and monitoring usage for replenishment).
8. Communicate with suppliers to ensure a closed loop between business stakeholders, suppliers, and Procurement.
9. Support organisation-wide procedures for governance, risk, and compliance management that manage, mitigate, and minimise risks to National Gas.
10. Flexibility to support and undertake any other duties according to the needs of the Procurement function, including management and delivery of tactical sourcing and analytics work as required.
Requirements:
1. Experience of running sourcing and contract management processes.
2. Commercial mindset and acumen to ensure National Gas receives best value from commercial activities.
3. Willingness and ability to gather personal experience and knowledge on the commercial landscape, procurement processes, regulations, and practice for the relevant (sub)categories.
4. Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.
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