Procurement Principal Professional

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Aerospace & Defence organisation to recruit a Procurement Principal Professional for an initial 6 Month contract. There is a rate of £35 PAYE per hour or £47.12 Umbrella per hour on offer for the successful candidate.  There would be a hybrid working arrangement on offer with a split of time spent working onsite in Christchurch and  working form home.

Please find the job spec. below:

• Will work as a member of the procurement delivery team to provide procurement expertise, services, support and strategy implementation to meet the operational needs of the business.
• Will be responsible for driving procurement solutions, planning, delivering and deploying appropriate procurement interventions in support of business aims.
• Will lead important/complex packages or suppliers, requiring a broad and in-depth professional knowledge and understanding of Procurement principles, techniques and practices.

Key Responsibility Areas

Responsible for the delivery of procurement capability for your assigned suppliers within the delivery project(s).
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision:
o Meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers.
o Delivers optimum value for money.
o Achieves the required service level as agreed with internal stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively to implement an effective risk management process within area of responsibility.
• Accountable for discharging an agreed workload, working within procurement policy, ensuring priorities are managed and issues are.
• As a member of the Procurement team will deploy corporate Procurement processes in line with local or business requirements.

The Individual Requirements

• Likely to have proven experience working within a procurement and/or similar environment
• Possess a high standard of Procurement competence in key areas of sourcing, process knowledge, contracting skills and supplier management.
• Demonstrate exemplary business acumen.
• Works on own initiative with minimal supervision and with responsibility for delivery and escalating concerns.
• Ability to utilise the collective experience and knowledge within the team to deliver effective solutions.
• Ability to build, grow and influence networks, outside of own team, to support collaboratively working.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Utilising all available information to prioritise team workload and communicate this effectively to stakeholders when required.
• Very good stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

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