Senior Procurement Consultant

AGR are working closely with our London-based client to recruit a Senior Procurement Consultant to join its team.

About the role

This role will be responsible for for providing strategic, as well as operational procurement, and contract management in line with category strategies. The process includes ensuring compliance with corporate governance, mandates, laws, and regulations through development and documentation of scopes, specific procurement strategies, sourcing, tendering, evaluation, contract negotiations, approvals, award, contract management, handling of claims and warranties, and purchasing.

A key role in effective project and stakeholder management through collaboration and clear roles and responsibilities with customers, decision makers, suppliers, and partners. The outcomes are commercial and effective contracts and procedures serving timely, cost-effective and sustainable supply of goods and services to the business.

Key duties and responsibilities

Procurement activities related to establishing and managing agreements. Ensure safety, security and sustainability in procurement.

• Establish agreement: Establish Specific Procurement Strategies according to business need, relevant Category Strategies and market input
• Produce and issue request for information (RFI)
• Establish bidders list
• Prepare evaluation procedures
• Establish, issue and manage enquiries
• Handle bid clarifications and conduct bid clarification meetings
• Plan and conduct negotiations
• Perform evaluation and agreement award, including partner approval
• Agreement start-up activities, including: Implement contract(s) in all systems (Plan-to-Pay)
• Manage performance and relations, including:
• Safeguard correct use of the contract and follow up of KPIs (Key performance Index)
• Ensure SOX-control
• Handle contractual issues, change in agreement, including Variation order requests (VOR), variation orders (VO), amendments, Options, Request for rate adjustments
• Perform cancellation and termination of contract

At AGR we are committed to finding the best fit for our team, building a unique and exciting environment. Even if you don’t meet every requirement below but you feel you have something to bring to the table please still apply or get in touch with a member of our recruitment team.

Work Experience: Significant experience in relevant procurement role, working in UK contract agreements

• Experience working in the offshore wind industry would be advantageous
• Candidates must have full rights to work in the UK