Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist

Job Title:        Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist
Location:        Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangement 
Compensation:    Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:        Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:        SF57185

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist, at our Leicester, Leicestershire site.

The role
As a Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will work with key stakeholders, account teams and suppliers to drive operational execution of projects/programmes, bids and other critical business activities. 

Day-to-day, you’ll work as part of a wider procurement team in a project environment, doing end to end procurement processes.

• Close involvement with suppliers & stakeholders to identify and implement the most cost effective and technically efficient supply solutions in respect of cost, performance, product and/or service quality and programme
• Managing sourcing and tendering processes in accordance with agreed project and/or programme deliverables
• Early engagement with stakeholders to review and challenge specifications and develop robust/innovative procurement strategies which outline marketplace, cost levers, value levers
• Ensuring that all technical and quality requirements are fully satisfied and that all material and service requirements are supplied in accordance with Project programmes
• Support the development and execution of a Segmented Supplier Relationship Management strategy that; improves supplier performance, develops critical/strategic relationships, attracts innovation, reduces risk and contributes to the growth of the value delivery plan

This position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home, is based at Leicester, Leicestershire and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist:

• Prior experience managing stakeholders, ideally in a buying or procurement environment 
• Self-motivated, views learning positively and is keen to develop
• Proficient user of Microsoft packages (namely Excel and Outlook) and ideally has prior experience utilising SAP

Qualifications for the Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist:

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Growth opportunities
• Potential to develop skills
• Opportunities to travel within the UK

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date:    08/05/2024

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