Global Direct Procurement Specialist / Career Progression

Global Direct Procurement Specialist / Rapid Career Progression / Industry-Leading FMCG / Coventry / Flexible Working / £35,000 - £43,000 + Benefits inc. CIPS Sponsorship

Are you a passionate procurement professional with direct procurement experience seeking a new exciting opportunity that provides great fast track progression? If so, this is the perfect position for you.

This global industry-leading FMCG is experiencing impressive year-on-year growth and is therefore seeking a Global Direct Procurement Specialist to join its growing team. You will be working amongst a great company environment that prides itself on developing its employees through providing a clear pathway for progression and various training/development initiatives.

You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively as part of a best-in-class procurement function whilst also working autonomously to deliver exciting procurement projects and aid development of creative procurement strategy across the end to end function.

Global Direct Procurement Specialist responsibilities…

• Strategically source a variety of direct procurement components and materials through developing expert category knowledge across the end to end procurement function
• Aid development of effective and creative procurement strategy for allocated categories
• Oversee supplier relationships throughout the sourcing process to create and maintain effective long terms relations
• Plan and execute project plans and timelines for assigned categories, with support from manager, and effectively prioritize procurement activities

Global Direct Procurement Specialist requirements…

• CIPS / degree desirable but not essential
• Demonstratable experience within the direct procurement space
• Strong skills surrounding strategic sourcing, stakeholder management and ideally exposure to the end to end contract management process

For more information regarding this exciting new procurement opportunity, please send a copy of your CV to Amy at jobsAA@bramwithconsulting.co.uk or directly through this page.

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