Senior Procurement Consultant

NES Fircroft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is seeking a Senior Procurement Consultant in the United Kingdom to drive strategic and operational procurement and contract management in line with category strategies. The role focuses on developing procurement scopes, tendering, negotiations, and ensuring compliant, cost-effective supplier relationships to support the business.

Responsibilities include managing supplier agreements, RFI processes, bid clarifications, and KPI governance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant procurement experience.
• Significant experience working with UK contractual agreements.
• Experience working in the offshore wind industry advantageous.
• Commercial mindset and approach to working with suppliers and stakeholders.
• Willingness to take responsibility and ownership for work.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Procurement activities related to establishing and managing agreements. Ensure safety, security and sustainability in procurement.
• Establish agreement: Establish Specific Procurement Strategies according to business need, relevant Category Strategies and market input
• Produce and issue request for information (RFI)
• Establish bidders list
• Prepare evaluation procedures
• Establish, issue and manage enquiries
• Handle bid clarifications and conduct bid clarification meetings
• Plan and conduct negotiations
• Perform evaluation and agreement award, including partner approval
• Agreement start-up activities, including: Implement contract(s) in all systems (Plan-to-Pay)
• Give input to risk-based follow-up plan, to ensure agreement understanding and compliance
• Manage performance and relations, including: Safeguard correct use of the contract and follow up of KPIs (Key performance Index)
• Ensure SOX-control
• Handle contractual issues, change in agreement, including Variation order requests (VOR), variation orders (VO), amendments, Options, Request for rate adjustments
• Perform cancellation and termination of contract
• Perform internal and external stakeholder management as well as supplier relations management

Skills

Fluent English

Job description

Senior Procurement Consultant

Description: Responsible for providing strategic as well as operational procurement and contract management in line with category strategies. The process includes ensuring compliance with corporate governance, mandates, laws, and regulations through development and documentation of scopes, specific procurement strategies, sourcing, tendering, evaluation, contract negotiations, approvals, award, contract management, handling of claims and warranties, and purchasing. Effective project and stakeholder management through collaboration and clear roles and responsibilities with customers, decision makers, suppliers, and partners. The outcomes are commercial and effective contracts and procedures serving timely, cost-effective and sustainable supply of goods and services to the business.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Procurement activities related to establishing and managing agreements. Ensure safety, security and sustainability in procurement.
• Establish agreement: Establish Specific Procurement Strategies according to business need, relevant Category Strategies and market input
• Produce and issue request for information (RFI)
• Establish bidders list
• Prepare evaluation procedures
• Establish, issue and manage enquiries
• Handle bid clarifications and conduct bid clarification meetings
• Plan and conduct negotiations
• Perform evaluation and agreement award, including partner approval
• Agreement start-up activities, including:

• Implement contract(s) in all systems (Plan-to-Pay)
• Give input to risk-based follow-up plan, to ensure agreement understanding and compliance
• Manage performance and relations, including:
• Safeguard correct use of the contract and follow up of KPIs (Key performance Index)
• Ensure SOX-control
• Handle contractual issues, change in agreement, including Variation order requests (VOR), variation orders (VO), amendments, Options, Request for rate adjustments
• Perform cancellation and termination of contract
• Perform internal and external stakeholder management as well as supplier relations management

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant procurement experience
• Significant experience working with UK contractual agreements
• Experience working in the offshore wind industry advantageous
• Commercial mindset and approach to working with suppliers and stakeholders
• Willingness to take responsibility and ownership for work
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Fluent written and spoken English

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.