Procurement Manager- Engineering| Hatfield | Hybrid Work (2 days in the office)
Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.
About Us
Our teams are putting the world's retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.
About the Role
The Procurement Manager Engineering is responsible for :
i) Ocado's global category strategy for installation services
ii) Strategic sourcing of suitable suppliers on a global basis
iii) Tendering and awarding global installation contracts
iv) Performance / relationship management of Ocado's installation suppliers
v) Ensuring value for money, certainty of delivery and resilience in our installation supply chain
What you will be doing...
Procurement Skills
- Create an approach to source contractors globally for regional projects to install our industry leading material handling technology
- Category strategy creation implementation and review
- Sourcing, tendering, negotiating and contracting with suppliers
- Target setting, value measurement and reporting
- Identification of new suppliers (contractors)
- Management and development of existing key suppliers
- Deep knowledge of the installation contractor and supplier market, able to provide information and recommendations based on this
- Assess and report on relevant supplier KPIs and drive performance
- Drive best practice in Procurement and Supply Chain, and deliver continuous improvement
- Lead supplier relationship management activities with key suppliers inc QBRs
- Working with suppliers and stakeholders,identify and drive change and continuous improvement focusing on risk mitigation and cost optimisation.
- Measurable Performance Improvements through data collation eg resources time to build
Stakeholder Engagement
Lead cross-functional, multi-site procurement activities teams and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders across Programme Management, Legal, engineering, product development, to ensure product specifications and changes are managed effectively from concept to supplyProvide commercial data to internal project teams for business cases, territory research etc.Communicate effectively and develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders at all levels and promote the profile of the procurement functionTechnical
Assess impact of proposed engineering changes with suppliersProject Management
Support the successful delivery to schedule whilst achieving budget and meeting specified Quality, HSE and local regulatory standardsSupport the coordination of project scheduling requirements and the creation of bid lists with business stakeholders and suppliersRisk identification and mitigation, anticipating project challengesTake ownership of supply / contractor issues, resolving them in line with business needRecommend and implement process improvements to improve Supply Chain robustnessActively communicate with project stakeholders to ensure alignment of projects and expectationsAbout you
Minimum :
A minimum of 5 years experience in Procurement of international construction / engineering installation contractors and effective supplier managementExperience working in or with global project teams and engineering development teamsSupplier negotiation and development skillsAlthough a hybrid role, minimum twice weekly visits to the Hatfield office and travel to supplier sites both in the UK and abroad is expectedAbility to work in a dynamic, team-oriented, fast-paced environmentHigh level of computer literacy with Microsoft Office, Google Docs and ERP softwarePreferred (in addition to minimum)
Qualification at higher national or degree levelCIPS or equivalent qualificationExperience of construction / installation in a manufacturing and / or engineering environmentInternational sourcing experience and legal contract experienceDemonstrable experience of developing and delivering procurement strategiesWhat we can offer you
Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we've ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.
30 days 'working from anywhere in the world' policyWellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)Generous Private Medical Insurance (within the first month of joining!)Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)22 weeks paid maternity / primary parent leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)Train Ticket loan (interest-free)Cycle to Work SchemeFree shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield officesFree shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City officesOpportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees (within the first month of joining!LI-HYBRID
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