Procurement Officer

Senior Procurement Officer

Do you want to work for one of Ireland's leading renewable energy efficiency companies?

Our client provides a wide range of cost-effective and sustainable energy solutions for public, industrial, commercial, agricultural customers working across both Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Location: Waterford

Key responsibilities:

The primary goal of the Senior Procurement role is to oversee and enhance procurement operations, ensuring the efficient and cost-effective sourcing of goods and services. The key objectives include achieving strategic sourcing targets, fostering strong supplier relationships, and ensuring adherence to procurement policies to support the organization's operational and financial goals.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordination of all activities related to procurement of components and services.
• Responsible to negotiate supplier agreement, price and conditions of supply.
• Effective and efficient contract management and order fulfilment
• Lead, coach and develop a team, ensuring high performance and adherence to company policies.
• Conduct regular one to one meeting with team members to review performance, set goals and provide developmental feedback
• Address any issues related to performance or employee relations promptly and effectively.

Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management

• Responsible for the coordination of all activities related to procurement, including market analysis, supplier prequalification, supply hain sustainability assessment, development of contracting strategies, conducting contract negotiation, overseeing contract execution and administration.
• Liaise with supplier to optimise supplier relationship and performance of supply.
• Utilise technical knowledge and commercial leverage from the various regions to ensure the best commercial agreements.
• Negotiate best possible commercial and legal terms in identified suppliers, with respect to priorities and driven the financial model.

Contract and Market Management

• Monitor Service levels maintained by suppliers and quality of goods in line with relevant industry standards
• Perform procurement market analysis to ensure best cost sourcing

Operational Support and Compliance

• Attend and facilitate project meeting to ensure projects have the right supports and inputs
• Provide sourcing and procurement services that meet expectations
• Ensuring implementation and leveraging best practice and compliance across all purchasing areas
• Identifying opportunities for cost reduction, cost avoidance provision of overall value improvements, whilst measuring and tracking team performance

Skills and Qualifications

• Third level education degree in a relevant discipline or comparable working experience.
• Industrial background mechanical/electrical would be beneficial.
• Detailed knowledge of tendering and contract management methods and procedures
• Strong legal grounding in construction contracts
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong awareness for costs and quality.
• Sensibility, drive and persistence to successfully manage a team.
• Strong target oriented, problem solver, self-driven.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prepare and maintain complex records and files in an automated system
• Flexibility and the ability to handle multiple requests from across several areas
• Strong sense of customer focus and teamwork
• Self-starter with the ability to work on own initiative under minimal supervision
• Proficient in the use of Excel, and other Office software

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Company Pension*
• Death in Service*
• Income Protection*
• Flexible Friday*
• Hybrid working*
• Bike to Work Scheme *
• Professional Membership fees*
• Training & CPD*

*Available upon successful completion of a probationary period.

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to the company's culture and invites you to be part of this diversity.

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