Summary: The Senior Procurement/Sourcing Specialist role is a full-time position based anywhere in the UK, requiring occasional travel to local offices. The primary focus is to provide comprehensive technical and commercial procurement support for various ongoing projects within a global manufacturing and supply business. The role demands extensive experience in sourcing and procurement, particularly in preparing bid packages and negotiating proposals. Candidates with an engineering background, especially in paint/coatings, are preferred but not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting in the preparation of technical bid packages for customers
• Preparing supplier service level commercial specifics
• Creating technical and commercial RFPs
• Conducting and supporting supplier and internal pre-bid meetings
• Answering any RFI questions in a timely manner
• Performing technical and commercial bid tabulations
• Negotiating technical and commercial proposals
• Engaging with internal legal resources
• Contract formulation and framework agreements
• Carrying out contract follow-ups

Key Skills:

• Extensive previous sourcing/procurement experience
• Experience in preparing technical bid packages
• Negotiation skills for technical and commercial proposals
• Familiarity with contract formulation and framework agreements
• Preferred background in engineering, specifically in paint/coatings
• Experience in large capital projects preferred

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Edinburgh

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other