Procurement Manager - Professional Services
Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today.
Full time, permanent
Location – Hybrid Flexible (Selby/Northampton/London/Ipswich)
Salary £55,000-£72,000 (depending on experience)
Closing date – 3rd September 2024
Who we are:
We’re not just talking about making a difference, we’re making it happen. We generate dispatchable, renewable power and create stable energy in an uncertain world. Building on our proud heritage, we have ambition to become the global leader in sustainable biomass and carbon removals. You’ll be joining our teams of practical doers, future thinkers and business champions. We’re enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future for all, and working hard to decarbonise the planet for generations to come.
About the role:
Are you an experienced Procurement professional who enjoys working in an engaging and collaborative environment? Have you demonstrated your ability to build lasting relationships and improve overall commercial value, and can you bring these skills to Drax?
If so, this role provides an exciting opportunity to join a fantastic team here at Drax where you’ll support the important role Procurement has to play as Drax executes its strategy to be a carbon negative company by 2030.
As an experienced procurement professional, you will thrive in a busy commercial environment. You'll build meaningful and strong relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers to drive procurement excellence at every stage of the process.
Reporting directly to the Procurement Lead, you’ll be part of the successful delivery of the overall procurement strategy for Drax.
Day-to-day you'll be responsible for all aspects of the Source to Contract cycle across our Professional Services suppliers including the well-known consultancy firms. Spend in this category is likely to be more than £25m and is both broad and deep, which presents a unique opportunity to work closely with Drax senior leaders and ExCom who sponsor a number of these important supplier relationships. As well as the big firms the category includes IT professional services, specialist consultancy often with niche firms, individuals or academic organisations and a number of critical business services.
You’ll play a key role in the development and implementation of sourcing strategies to maximise value whilst ensuring the right level of governance is applied. You’ll also provide day to day procurement guidance and advice to other team members.
Building new relationships and working with a wide range of internal customers will be the key to success in this role. You’ll work closely with the wider procurement team, to ensure continuous improvement and best practice is shared throughout the team to optimise performance
Who we’re looking for:
You’ll already have strong technical procurement skills linked with an ability to drive best practice. Ideally, you’ll also have experience in creating and executing a successful category strategy for professional services in a complex, global, multisite organisation.
You’ll also demonstrate excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills, and the ability to implement opportunities for innovation. You’ll be comfortable proactively challenging stakeholders (even the senior ones), while providing a prompt, efficient and personalised service to internal customers at all levels. This is imperative, to ensure that customer needs are met, and productive relationships are built and maintained. You should also be effective in ensuring departmental policies and processes are communicated and followed.
It is key that you’re a self-starter with a ‘can do/will do’ attitude who has the energy, drive and commitment to make things happen and the ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies to form alignment. The ability to identify key opportunities for Procurement support and prioritise workload effectively is essential.
If you have CIPS/Project Management qualification that's great, however if you have demonstrable experience and strong performance in a similar role, we'd still love to hear from you!
Rewards and benefits:
As you help us to shape the future, we’ve shaped our rewards and benefits to help you thrive and support your lifestyle. If you’re successful in this role you’ll get:
A discretionary bonus between 15%-30% depending on company performance
Private Healthcare with Vitality
SAYE (Sharesave): discretionary scheme from time to time
Personal accident cover
Group personal pension plan where we’ll pay up to 10%
Holiday 25 days plus bank holidays
Reimbursement of the cost of your annual membership of one relevant and appropriate professional body
We’re committed to making a tangible impact on the climate challenge we all face. Drax is where your individual purpose can work alongside your career drive. We work as part of a team that shares a passion for doing what’s right for the future. With Drax you can shape your career and a future for generations to come.
Together, we make it happen.
At Drax, we’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected, regardless of their role. To make this a reality, we actively work to better represent the communities we operate in, foster inclusion, and establish fair processes. Through these actions, we build the trust needed for all colleagues at Drax to contribute their perspectives and talents, no matter their background. Find out more about our approach here.
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How to apply:
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