Procurement Officer

Procurement Officer

Posted 4 days ago by Navantia UK

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Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Summary: The Procurement Officer at Navantia UK will coordinate supply chain engagement with key customers and suppliers to enhance customer service and operational performance. The role involves purchasing goods and services, monitoring market trends, and developing innovative procurement processes. The officer will also negotiate contracts and assess supplier performance to ensure compliance and improvement. This position requires a proactive approach to managing supplier relationships and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.
  • Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply issues which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
  • Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
  • Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
  • Deliver briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.
  • Develop creative and innovative procurement processes.
  • Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
  • Negotiate contracts, improved prices, and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
  • Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
  • Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.

Key Skills:

  • Experience working in a Procurement position previously.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Previous experience of using an ERP system e.g. SAP, Oracle etc.
  • Knowledge of the local Supply Chain.
  • Qualifications: Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Belfast

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Company Description Navantia UK is a UK incorporated company, subsidiary of Spanish Navantia, created to work with UK industrial partners in shipbuilding, defence and in offshore wind energy. With a history that goes back more than 300 hundred years, Navantia is a world reference in the design, building, integration and life cycle support of state-of-the-art war ships for the Spanish Navy and international customers and has extensive experience in ToT programmes.

Job Description Job description Job Purpose Work closely with an integrated supply chain / procurement team and co-ordinate all supply chain engagement, to include our key customers and suppliers to maximise customer service and operating performance.

Key Duties

  • Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets
  • Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply issues which may pose a risk or impact on business operations
  • Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
  • Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible
  • Deliver briefs, updates, and reports as and when required
  • Develop creative and innovative procurement processes
  • Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement
  • Negotiate contracts, improved prices, and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
  • Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities
  • Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships

Essential Criteria

  • Experience working in a Procurement position previously
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Previous experience of using an ERP system e.g. SAP, Oracle etc
  • Knowledge of the local Supply Chain.

The Package Competitive base pay 33 days holiday Company pension Fantastic L&D opportunities 1/2 Day Friday Job Type Full-time permanent Benefits Company pension Flexitime Free parking On-site parking

Qualifications Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD)

Additional Information If you experience difficulties or are unable to apply for a role on-line please contact us at people.skills@harland-wolff.com and one of the team will be in contact to help you.

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