Category Senior Buyer

☞ Wood Plc

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Aberdeen Scotland

Category: Consulting / Customer Service

Industry: Energy Mining Utilities

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Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood is currently recruiting for a Category Senior Buyer to work in any one of our UK locations.

Responsible for the delivery of specific category management initiatives across Wood, whilst mplementing category strategies that deliver tangible and sustainable savings across the business, this is a key role in the companies success. Experience will be preferred in corporate spend categories such as occupational health, legal services, consultancy and professional services & general corporate overhead spend.

We are looking for a supply chain professional with substantial category management experience ideally gained from a similar sized matrix organisation. The ability to lead cross functional / business relationships and implement innovative commercial models that deliver significant net tangible value to the business is imperative. It is envisaged that there will be a frequent requirement to travel (international) and as such a flexible approach to work and base location is preferred.

This is an important role within the Company with ultimate responsibility for an annual spend in excess of $100M. A dynamic innovative, and motivated individual who can develop category strategies whilst autonomously managing key suppliers to drive value engineering, innovation and ultimately leverage Wood buying power.

Key aspects of the role include being responsible for adding value / generating net savings through leveraging business wide spend, identifying efficiencies, driving out waste and reducing costs from within the supply chain, implementing and driving category management plans, driving innovation through strategic partnerships, effective executive Supplier Relationship Management, reduction and rationalisation of suppliers, market and supplier intelligence to help inform management decisions. The individual will sit as part of the Wood Category Supply Chain team and support wider Supply Chain strategy and delivery in areas of Deployed Procurement and Business Improvement initiatives.
Skills / Qualifications:

Qualifications:

  • Educated to ISCED Level 6 (Bachelor Degree or Equivalent) in business related discipline, ideally supply chain or procurement, CIPS qualified or industry equivalent

Job specific experience:

  • Good SC experience in a Category specialist role demonstrating results

Knowledge of:

  • Category management
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Supply Chain Principles and techniques

Experience of:

  • Managing the full category process for Direct or Indirect categories
  • International procurement, working and/or living abroad
  • Managing key suppliers to develop commercially successful, long-term contracts which effectively mitigate risk to the business
  • Identifying opportunities within the Indirect Categories for Procurement to add value through cost savings or improvement of quality and service
  • Delivering value and margin improvement through Supply Chain savings and performance improvement
  • Dispute and claim resolution
  • Supplier Relationship Management including building relationships at a senior level
  • Process improvement
  • Leading complex tender activities through to completion
  • Negotiation of multimillion contracts
  • Mobilisation of cross border / global agreements desirable
Company Overview:
Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 45,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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