Strategic Procurement Specialist

Randstad Sourceright; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Sourceright is seeking a Procurement Specialist in Warwick to drive local and regional sourcing, contract management, and supplier governance across multiple sites. You will shape a sustainable supply chain and collaborate with global teams to improve productivity and quality.

Essential skills include strong procurement background, ability to read engineering drawings, and robust costing knowledge. The role requires a hybrid office pattern with two days in the office per week.

Qualifications

• Solid procurement experience or equivalent seniority in a related field such as engineering or costing.
• Ability to read and interpret technical engineering drawings.
• A strong understanding of product costing structures and how manufacturing costing works.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to challenge suppliers.
• Highly capable of multitasking and managing several projects at once.
• Mitigate supplier capacity and tooling constraints using MRP to safeguard production schedules.

Responsibilities

• Formulate local and regional material field strategies for non-pooled commodities.
• Structure negotiation frameworks, define awarding criteria, and secure sourcing board approvals.
• Lead complex multi-site commercial contracts, managing pricing, delivery, and payment terms.
• Govern vendor portfolios to optimize the EcoSystem strategy and build a preferred supplier list.
• Analyze global market trends to transform insights into optimized procurement strategies.
• Performance & Cost-Out: Monitor key supplier metrics and drive early vendor involvement in cost-reduction initiatives.
• Proactively identify supply chain vulnerabilities and implement strategic risk countermeasures.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with strategic commodity teams to align contractual terms with business needs.
• Lead end-to-end strategic project initiatives focused on product reactivation programs.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation skills

Read engineering drawings

Costing structures

Multitasking

Supplier risk management

Tools

Microsoft Excel

MRP systems

Job description

Randstad Sourceright is seeking a Procurement Specialist in Warwick to drive local and regional sourcing, contract management, and supplier governance across multiple sites. You will shape a sustainable supply chain and collaborate with global teams to improve productivity and quality.

Essential skills include strong procurement background, ability to read engineering drawings, and robust costing knowledge. The role requires a hybrid office pattern with two days in the office per week.