Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Defence organisation to recruit a Principal Procurement Professional for an initial 9 Month contract. There is a rate of 28.48 PAYE or 37.02 Umbrella Per hour on offer for the successful candidate. The role would involve working 2-3 days a week onsite in Christchurch and 2-3 days working from home. Please find the details below: 

The role holder:
• Will work as a member of the procurement team to provide procurement expertise, services, support and strategy implementation to meet the operational needs of the business.
• Will be responsible for driving procurement solutions, planning, delivering and deploying appropriate procurement interventions in support of business aims.
• Will lead a strategically important/complex packages or suppliers, which require a broad and in-depth professional knowledge and understanding of Procurement principles, techniques and practices.

Essential Duties/Skills

• Aerospace/ Defence/ Manufacturing background.
• Responsible for the delivery of procurement capability within a programme.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision:
o Meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers.
o Delivers optimum value for money.
o Achieves the required service level as agreed with internal stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively to implement an effective risk management process within area of responsibility.

Desirable Duties/Skills
• Seek out and lead opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Company systems, including purchase to pay systems, risk and supplier management tools.
• Manage or oversee the management of contracts throughout their life in conjunction with the business:
o Proactively manage instances of supplier under-performance against cost, quality and schedule.
o Raise formal documents to support the sourcing and contracting process, including Request for Information, Request for Quotation, Assessment documents, Purchase Orders.
o Manage supplier payment process and resolve any goods receiving and supplier debt issues.
o Identify, deliver and record savings.
o Effectively manage order book, to ensure timely deliveries and accurate cash forecasting.

Additional Information

• Works on own initiative with minimal supervision and with responsibility for delivery and escalating concerns.
• Ability to utilise the collective experience and knowledge within the team to deliver effective solutions.
• Ability to build, grow and influence networks, outside of own team, to support collaboratively working.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Utilising all available information to prioritise team workload and communicate this effectively to stakeholders when required.
• Very good stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Qualifications:
• Likely to possess CIPS L4, working towards or have equivalent standard

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