Senior Buyer - Communications

Overview

• Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine.
• Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop.
• Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
• Our Business Support teams deliver the vital services to ensure the continued success of our business divisions.
• These services include HR, Finance, Procurement, Marketing, Legal and Commercial, Estates and Facilities, Core Technology, Corporate Security, IT, and Fleet.
• Every person in every team is contributing the lasting impact our Team makes.
• Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.
• Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, the Senior Buyer (Comms) is responsible for supporting the delivery of a structured sourcing and fulfilment strategy targeted to deliver significant efficiencies and cost savings, demonstrating value
• This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to be in our Warwick HQ 2 days per week.
• What you’ll do
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• Support of RFx activities for both Bid tenders and Projects including creation and issue of NDA’s
• Support for maintenance of approved supplier list (ASL)
• Responsible for Supplier on-boarding and evaluation
• Support investigations of supplier performance failures and work with SQA team to find resolutions
• Support supplier relationship management and develop best-fit business review schedule, in line with supplier classification
• Support with the creation and production of procurement reports and departmental metrics
• Support for all RFx activities, sourcing process, negotiation and contracting activities for high value categories.
• Responsible for the evaluation of suppliers as part of supplier on-boarding process and implementation of iProcurement strategy category code management in line with Category strategy
• Responsible for on-going supplier performance and supplier relationship management throughout the contract lifetime, including inputs to risk register and risk mitigation strategies.
• Who you are:
• You have experience in a similar role when you have been involved in labour or services buying, ideally within complex or fast-paced environments.
• You’re confident managing supplier relationships and negotiating contracts, with a clear focus on delivering value, managing risk, and ensuring service quality

Key Requirements

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• Degree / HND / HNC or equivalent in an appropriate discipline Or Professional qualification MCIPS, preferably Chartered status
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management approach and skills
• Effective prioritisation of workload
• Experience of Microsoft Office 365 products especially MS Excel
• Experience or using Oracle systems, especially Oracle iProcurement would be an advantage
• What we offer:
• A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact.
• We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.
• We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas.
• We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.
• The additional benefits with this role:
• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.
• We are guided by our values and behaviours:

Be Customer-focussed