Procurement Manager - Goodman Masson : Job Details

We are presently hiring for a Procurement Manager to join the team here at Freshwave. This role will lead the procurement process across the business, successfully leading supplier decisions, and cost saving initiatives, whilst improving the quality of goods and services received through pre and post contract stakeholder and supplier engagement. The role will be responsible for working with the Freshwave senior management and operational teams for overall supplier strategy - including key product decisions, the rationalisation and maintenance of authorised suppliers, ongoing supplier relationship management and performance monitoring.

Requirements

• Conducting a forward looking opportunity analysis on current and future suppliers which should result in a fair and transparent tender process, lowering of costs, improvement of quality with reliable and reputable vendors
• Sourcing, negotiation, contract creation, and management of key contracts and projects, acting as a SME
• Managing complex supplier relationships
• Recommend and execute procurement strategy for major projects, key products and key categories
• Business Issue / Risks Escalation - facilitate key escalations across the managed suppliers on all Commercial, Quality, Responsiveness, Innovation, Delivery and Cost ensuring contractual KPIs and SLAs are being met
• Work with PMs and other key stakeholders to ensure that requisition process and operational internal controls operate effectively and in line with procurement policy and Group DoA.
• Accountable for drafting and delivery of robust and appropriate supply and services contracts ensuring business activities are carried out in accordance with all governance and group controls.
• Responsible for tracking, assessing and driving performance improvements, acting as a contact point for escalations and issues, through to resolution. Responsible for monitoring financial stability, market competitiveness and performance.
• Ensuring SHEQ compliance and regulatory requirements are appropriately contracted working closely with the SHEQ manager (e.g. security, Ofcom, H&S etc).

About you

• An understanding of mobile and fixed telecommunications technology & services market is desirable but not essential
• Demonstrable procurement experience of sourcing and managing key suppliers in this marketplace.
• Ability to work well in cross functional teams and develop strong working relationships, alongside challenging stakeholders where required.
• Influence and persuasion skills to lead, negotiate and provide key commercial input into key strategic business projects and business change including RFI and RFP Management
• Strong analytical skills working with complex commercial offers, changeable budgets and driving savings and value targets.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and respect through building strong working relationships within changing business environments, such that HoP is actively early engaged by the rest of the team for all 3rd party requirements.
• Demonstrable professionalism with a proven ability to operate in a fast paced, high growth business environment.
• Able to deal with ambiguity, identify innovative solutions to implement and determine great delivery.
• Knowledge of various tools, systems and automations to bring in efficiencies within the department

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension

• Life Assurance
• Income Protection Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
• Free Eye Tests
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Our Values

Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it's needed. We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals - think of them as what's important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.

The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:

• Engineering excellence: we're engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none
• Do the right thing: we're neutral in our position, doing what's best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment
• Set the pace: we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards

Sustainability and CSR:

We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:

• Innovate for Impact: We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we'll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most.
• A thriving workforce: We're nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we're putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
• Embracing Net Zero: This year we've baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible, and aim to do everything we can to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.