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Description

Requirements:
Experience of dealing with vendors
Good negotiation and agreement management skills
Understanding of general contractual terms relating to equipment and service provision.
Ability to work on own initiative, under pressure and attention to detail.
Ability to communication with senior management both within PSL and with the supplier.
Good inter departmental interface skills.

Senior Purchasing Officer

Ensuring the Company is protected from a Procurement aspect, with the placement of agreements where required and the negotiation of terms.

Qualifications and/or Skills
Essential: Procurement including agreements, terms and conditions, SAP, Word, Excel
Desirable: HNC/HND Business Studies; CIPS

Previous Experience
Essential: Proven experience Buyer or equivalent
Desirable: Proven experience Buyer/Senior Buyer or equivalent

Key Tasks:
Manage the day to day tasks of Procurement and ensure that all Procurement needs are met in a Commercially responsible way:
To liase with the internal customers at all levels to:
Establish requirements.
Identify and guide customers to the Procurement solution by attending meetings and one on one conversations.
Manage bid-pricing activities.
Support individuals though the process of Procurement.
With all staff, to establish requirements and identify solutions and flow information regarding delivery
and supplier performance.
Liase with Suppliers to:
Initiate vendor assessments
Obtain quotations.
To negotiate prices.
Negotiate terms and conditions of purchase and sale.
Putting in place of Non Disclosure Agreements and Supplier Agreements.
Manage all aspects of the agreements.
Liase with team members within Paradigm including:
With all staff to communicate the message of Procurement at all levels
Chase the release of Purchase Requisitions.
Communicate with managers on issues surrounding requirements
With Finance to resolve invoicing issues and all aspects of Procurement including the Capex process
With other departments on the improvements of the supply chain.

Other Tasks
Material Management within SAP
Management of Procurement improvement programme
Management of SAP vendors
Stakeholder in Portal upgrade meeting, representing all Commercial areas
Support the Procurement Manager in meeting the businesses needs.
Support the Commercial Director in ensuring the company is covered Commercially on Procurement activities.
Ensure that risks are identified and minimised or offset where possible. Advise technical personnel of contractual issues which may arise.

Successful candidates will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment.