Procurement Analyst

• Excellent procurement opportunity reporting directly into the HoP
• Greenfield procurement environment with lots of opportunity to add value

About Our Client

Our CEO, Sam Waley-Cohen, founded Portman Dental Care in 2009 with the desire to be the best rather than the biggest privately-focused dental group. Culture and values are critical to us, with a simple ethos at our core to treat others as we would want to be treated ourselves.

Portman currently have 150 dental practices across the UK, including 16 orthodontic Portman Smile Clinics, caring for over 600,000 patients. Our practices offer a range of specialist, private and NHS dental care services, and are focused on continual development both in clinical skills and innovation.

We're multi award-winning, with accolades including 'Outstanding Business of the Year' at the Dental Industry Awards for 3 consecutive years (2017 to 2019), as well as nationally recognised awards within many of our individual practices.

Job Description

• Development of Procurement Key Metrics - for the strategic Procurement programme and for our newly implemented P2P system (Jaggaer)
• Development of Industry and Supplier Profiles
• Development of spend analytics and Procurement dashboards, alongside our Business Insights team
• Key category insights to support the Procurement category management team
• Analysis of supplier proposals and co-ordination of Financial Capture of Sourcing Outcomes
• Procurement Savings tracking and reporting
• Report on Procurement Policy and Process Compliance
• Has the procurement functional/technical knowledge and skills to perform the role at a high level
• Uses logic and proven methodology to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; can see hidden problems; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at first answers
• Relates well to all kinds of people; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even difficult situations
• Can be counted on to achieve or exceed KPIs/objectives; consistently a top performer; steadfastly pushes self and others
• Implementation of procurement processes and ways of working
• Maximise benefits from group purchasing opportunities for practices and functions to adopt

The Successful Applicant

• Ability to analyse, interpret and model data with relevant procurement experience gained in a multi-site, decentralised setting
• Demonstrate a proven track record of implementing and developing robust Procurement reporting
• With the capability of working autonomously, you will be a self-starter with excellent communication skills, as the role works closely with a range of Procurement team, Functional Teams and Operations teams based across the UK
• Excellent interpersonal skills and stakeholder management capabilities
• Experience of change management and business process improvement
• Willingness to travel and be away from home, from time to time
• High level analytical, verbal and written presentation skills
• Ideally having worked in healthcare sectors however industry type not important, but must have worked in both high volume, low variety and low volume high variety operations

What's on Offer

Stay fit and active

• Cycle to work schemes Get on your bike and save up to 38 percent on a new bike and accessories.
• Gym membership Save up to 50 percent on your gym membership (valid at over 1,500 gyms and leisure centres across the country).

Your health and wellbeing

• Employee assistance programme A discreet helpline and telephone counselling service should you ever need extra support or someone to talk to. This is a service funded by Portman Dental Care and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Critical illness cover A lump sum payment, should you become critically ill.
• Health cash plan Claim medical expenses for healthcare appointments, such as opticians, physiotherapy and more.
• Dental cover As part of a network of outstanding dental practices, it makes sense that you should have the option to claim back costs from dental visits. This is funded by Portman Dental Care.

A little bit extra

• Give as you earn A tax efficient way of donating to your favourite charities.
• Childcare vouchers A helping hand for working parents.
• Online shopping Unique discount codes for lots of high street retailers, accessible only to Portman practices.
• Travel insurance So you don't have to worry about insuring you and your family when you go on holiday.

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

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