Escape Recruitment Services
Procurement Team Leader
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Great opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to join a well-established organisation in Grangemouth.
This is a varied role covering strategic sourcing, supplier management, negotiation and stakeholder engagement, with the opportunity to take on more responsibility and develop your leadership skills.
The role
- Manage sourcing and procurement activity across a range of categories.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business and understand what they need from procurement.
- Manage supplier relationships, pricing, contracts and performance.
- Lead sourcing and tender exercises and negotiate commercially strong outcomes.
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs, improve value and make procurement more effective.
- Use spend and procurement data to identify opportunities and support decision-making.
- Support contract management and supplier performance.
- Work closely with colleagues across the wider business and Group Procurement.
- Help improve procurement processes, systems and ways of working.
- Support and guide colleagues, with the opportunity to take on greater leadership responsibility as you develop in the role.
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About you
- You will currently be a Senior Buyer, Category Buyer, Category Specialist or Procurement Specialist and be ready for your next challenge.
- Solid experience across sourcing, supplier management and commercial negotiation.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- The confidence to influence, challenge and make decisions.
- A commercial mindset and the ability to spot opportunities to save money or improve value.
- Experience managing suppliers and negotiating contracts.
- The ability to manage competing priorities in a busy, changing environment.
- Ideally some experience of supporting, mentoring or guiding colleagues would be highly advantageous
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