Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist

Core-Asset Consulting Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist to enhance their procurement processes. This part-time role offers a unique opportunity to work in a hybrid setup, allowing you to contribute significantly to supplier selection, onboarding, and management. You will engage with various stakeholders to ensure compliance with industry standards while driving cost savings and maintaining strong supplier relationships. If you have a knack for negotiation and a keen eye for detail, this role could be your next career milestone, offering a competitive salary and a supportive benefits package.

Benefits

Highly Competitive Salary

Wider Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement including supplier selection and onboarding.
• Strong negotiation skills and attention to detail are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support supplier selection framework and onboarding of new suppliers.
• Maintain supplier data records and conduct ongoing due diligence.

Skills

Procurement Process

Supplier Selection

Onboarding

Due Diligence

Negotiation Skills

Attention to Detail

Project Management

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

Job Description:

Are you keen to build upon your existing procurement experience? Can you demonstrate experience of supplier selection, onboarding, and due diligence? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist to join the team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a part-time position - 4 days per week with a hybrid working setup, based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh.

Skills/Experience:

• Experience of procurement process including supplier selection, onboarding, and due diligence.
• Experience of working effectively with business teams around supplier requirements.
• Experience of working with databases and IT systems such as SharePoint.
• Experience in supplier management and dealing with a variety of third parties.
• Ability to negotiate key commercial terms and review and assess supplier contracts.
• Knowledge of key/typical commercial contract terms across a range of different types of suppliers.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work quickly and accurately using your own initiative.
• Prioritising and managing a number of different projects at the same time spanning different business areas.

Core Responsibilities:

• Supporting agreement and roll-out of a supplier selection framework to embed within the business. This includes working with a wide range of stakeholders to increase awareness and engagement.
• Supporting business owners with the selection (including tender support) and onboarding of any new suppliers. This involves engaging with proposed suppliers, supporting with any internal governance approvals required and carrying out effective due diligence on suppliers to ensure that required standards are met, including information security, data protection, corporate social responsibility (including anti-modern slavery) and diversity and inclusion.
• Diligently inputting and maintaining supplier data records on our systems.
• Ongoing due diligence on existing supply base, including supporting with the audit of suppliers.
• Working with Supplier Manager to support business owners in relation to performance management/KPIs/incident management and exit.
• Producing relevant Management Information in relation to our supply base.
• Building and maintaining strong links and positive relationships with all business areas within the firm to promote, champion and help to deliver effective supplier selection and management activities.
• Building positive relationships with key suppliers.
• Maintain policies, processes, templates, and guidance for the firm.
• Driving cost savings.
• Keeping up to date with industry best practice.
• Delivering training where required.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary.
• Wider Benefits package.

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16024

To apply for this vacancy, applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.