Procurement Category Manager - Facilities

Salary: Up to £48,000pa

Location: Choice of Arvato site; Coleshill or Corby

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30-17.00- 40 hour week

An brand new opportunity has arrisen within Arvato due to our continued growth and expansion. As a Procurement Specialist, you'll responsible for the procurement of Arvato’s Facilities Departments. Your typical day-to-day duties will include meeting with Suppliers, working on tenders RFI’s and RFQ’s, implementing Supplier Agreements, negotiating Contracts and working with internal stakeholders as a dotted line into Head of Facilities & Engineering.

Your Tasks

• Work closely with the Facilities Team and take ownership and accountability of category strategy.
• Preparation and execution of tenders, RFI’s and RFQ’s for facilities
• Consolidate existing Suppliers and source new
• Source new products and materials
• Negotiate and implement Supplier Agreements
• Supplier commercial negotiations
• Work with key Suppliers to improve service levels and potential group growth
• Build relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of change
• Be accountable for achieving agreed targets and objectives
• Drive process standardisation and simplification
• Manage Supplier OTIF, troubleshoot associated service issues and lead escalations
• Promote sustainability standards throughout the Arvato and Supplier supply chains

Your Profile

• Experience of indirect procurement within an FMCG environment, ideally warehousing and logistics
• Must be able to demonstrate hands on experience with the end-to-end RFI, RFQ and tendering project delivery
• Strong analytical and organisational skills
• Able to create strategic and tactical plans
• Good influencer and able to work well with stakeholders
• Able to balance priorities and work to tight deadlines
• Good communicator – clear and concise, written and verbal
• Problem solving
• Conflict resolution skills
• Good IT skills and a working knowledge of SAP 4Hana is desirable

We Offer

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days
• Pension contribution
• A life assurance policy that pays out 4 x Salary
• Employee Assistance Programme that provides you with confidential support, information, and advice to help you
• Employee Discount Scheme through Treats
• Free car parking