Senior Procurement Engineer

Senior Procurement Engineer - £450 a day INSIDE IR35 – 6 months (extensions likely) - Hybrid working (1 -2 days a week in the office) – Hertfordshire – Sector: Manufacturing / Chemical  - One stage virtual interview

Yolk Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior Procurement Engineer with one of the U. K’s largest and most innovative manufacturing companies.
The role will support the Global Procurement Category Manger in a range of exciting chemical manufacturing projects.
The company has a track record of excellent contractor satisfaction and streamlined interviewing processes.

Responsibilities:

• Support companies’ procurement manager to develop category strategies that deliver other performance targets such as cost, quality, delivery, innovation and category risks.

• Assist the procurement manager to review, analysis and implement the quarterly price matrix

• Support the procurement manager to execute and track the saving actions

• Help the procurement manager to review existing contract or implement new contracts

• Support the procurement manager to manage appropriate supplier relationships

• Works collaboratively with sector procurement teams to ensure appropriate supplier performance management plans are in place for global category suppliers

• Support the procurement manager to prepare and facilitate appropriate supplier/cross functional workshops

Core Skills:

• Previous Project Management Experience

• Chemical/ Manufacturing Business experience (minimum 2-3 years)

• Strategic procurement background

• Efficient use of Microsoft office packages