Procurement Specialist

Elite Search Solutions; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Elite Search Solutions in Leamington Spa is seeking a proactive Procurement Analyst to join a PE-backed team delivering cost base reduction across UK & US clients.

We welcome candidates with 1-4 years of procurement experience, a strong academic background, excellent analytical and negotiation skills, and a competent Excel user ready to contribute to category strategies, tenders, and supplier negotiations.

Qualifications

• 1-4 years’ procurement experience.
• Strong academic background.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Competent Excel user and quick learner.
• Keen commercial business sense.
• Excellent written and verbal communications.
• Good organisational and time-management skills.
• Good negotiation skills and persuasion.
• Some understanding of procurement practices.

Responsibilities

• Analyse data to create category management approaches for savings.
• Develop procurement strategies to secure agreed solutions.
• Create and manage tenders/auctions from start to finish.
• Develop negotiation strategies and negotiate for best commercial results.
• Present results to stakeholders to support decision making.
• Use leading-edge tools and processes to deliver cost savings.
• Source UK and international suppliers to meet needs.
• Deliver projects within agreed timescales.
• Review client spend data to identify quick wins.

Skills

Procurement experience

Analytical skills

Excel

Negotiation

Communication

Time management

Supply chain knowledge

Graduate with strong academics

Education

Strong academic background

Job description

Role is hybrid with circa 3 days per week in Leamington Spa office

As part of ambitious growth plans across their UK & US offices, this is a great opportunity to join a PE backed team of Procurement Management Specialists that deliver auditable and sustainable cost base reduction to clients in a variety of industries.

This role is ideal for someone with 1-4 years procurement experience seeking a progressive and varied procurement career. It could be a graduate who has competed a 1-year procurement work placement as part of their degree who is looking for their first full-time role or someone with a couple of years procurement experience looking for their next career step.

The role will provide you with the opportunity to work with some of the UK's biggest brands across multiple different industries and categories and give you exposure to a variety of exciting large scale procurement transformation programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse data to create category management approaches that deliver measurable savings
• Develop procurement approach strategies to secure agreement to proposed solutions
• Create and manage tenders/auctions from start to finish
• Develop negotiation strategies and undertake negotiations to deliver best commercial results
• Interpret and present tender/auction/negotiations results to key stakeholders to support decision making
• Use of leading-edge tools, technologies and processes to deliver rapid cost savings and improvements in performance
• Sourcing suppliers from the UK and Worldwide to meet needs
• Deliver projects within agreed timescales
• Continuous review of client spend data to identify and negotiate quick wins

Skills & Experience:

• 1-4 years’ procurement experience
• Strong academic (graduate) background
• Excellent analytical skills
• Competent Excel user with the ability to learn new systems quickly
• Keen commercial business sense
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
• Good organisational and time-management skills
• Good negotiation skills and natural persuasion
• Some understanding of supply chain and procurement practices