Procurement Category Manager - Facilities & Engineering

Job Description:

Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company has 117,000 employees and generated revenues of €17.1 billion in the 2015 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world

Salary: Up to £41,000.00 

Location: Choice of Arvato site; Birmingham, Derby, Corby 

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30-17.00- 40 hour week  

As a UK Procurement Specialist, you'll responsible for the procurement of Arvato’s Facilities & Engineering Departments. Your typical day-to-day duties will include meeting with Suppliers, working on tenders RFI’s and RFQ’s, implementing Supplier Agreements, negotiating Contracts, and working with internal stakeholders as a dotted line into Head of Facilities & Engineering.  

You will be responsible for creating the category strategy and aligning with the group approach. You will represent procurement at a UK and European level within your categories to build partnerships, introduce new Suppliers and implement new ways of working. 

• Work closely with the Facilities & Engineering Team and take ownership and accountability of category strategy. 
• Preparation and execution of tenders, RFI’s and RFQ’s for facilities & 
• engineering 
• Consolidate existing Suppliers and source new 
• Source new products and materials 
• Negotiate and implement Supplier Agreements 
• Supplier commercial negotiations 
• Work with key Suppliers to improve service levels and potential group 
• growth 
• Build relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure effective 
• implementation of change 
• Be accountable for achieving agreed targets and objectives 
• Drive process standardisation and simplification 
• Manage Supplier OTIF, troubleshoot associated service issues, and lead 
• escalations 
• Promote sustainability standards throughout the Arvato and Supplier supply chains 

• Experience of facilities management & engineering MRO procurement within an FMCG environment, ideally warehousing and logistics  
• Must be able to demonstrate hands on experience with the end-to-end RFI, RFQ and tender delivery  
• Experience within business process design advantageous  
• Able to evidence success within Supplier consolidation programs  
• Strong analytical and organisational skills  
• Able to create strategic and tactical plans  
• Good influencer and able to work well with stakeholders  
• A working knowledge of Project Management  
• Able to balance priorities and work to tight deadlines  
• Good communicator – clear and concise, written and verbal  
• Experience with performance management and reporting  
• Problem solving  
• Conflict resolution skills  
• Good IT skills and a working knowledge of SAP is desirable 

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 UK bank holidays with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days   
• Pension contribution  
• A life assurance policy that pays out 4 x Salary   
• Employee Assistance Programme that provides you with confidential support, information, and advice to help you  
• Employee Discount Scheme through Treats  
• Free car parking

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