MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE FITTER/ENGINEERS

Salary: c£25-35,000 Shift Allowance Excellent Benefits

Location: Presteigne, Wales/Herefordshire Borders

Commutable from: Ludlow, Leominster, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Knighton, Llandrindod Wells, Newtown, Knighton, Hay on Wye, Craven Arms, Bishops Castle, Stourport on Severn, Bromyard, Kidderminster, Hereford, Worcester, Bridgenorth, Telford, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge, Walsall.

How would you like to be a part of one of the UK's leading industrial manufacturing and processing businesses, part of a global plc?

Our client is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter/Engineer to maintain their fixed and mobile plant, machinery and processing equipment at one of their operational sites to ensure the supply of high-quality products to customers in the South West and Wales area are met.

You will be a part of the 24/7 engineering function at the site. You will be reporting to the Mechanical Shift Supervisor where you'll be able to contribute to the preparation and development of safe working methods for repair procedures. You will also have a flexible, proactive, and 'hands-on' approach to responding to plant breakdown, ensuring assets are returned to production in a timely manner and temporary fixes are followed up with a permanent solution.

This role may involve travel to other locations to assist and therefore the job holder must possess a full UK driving licence.

The role of Mechanical Maintenance Fitter would suit an individual who has great communication and problem-solving skills as well as someone who can work confidently and courteously within the team and on their own initiative.

Key tasks and responsibilities

* To maintain and promote Health & Safety rules and regulations, following all company processes and procedures. Including to challenge unsafe conditions and practices, reporting these through company procedures.

* Ability to remove and fit bearings

* Work with risk assessments and method statements

* To undertake emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient way on all production equipment.

* To own small scale projects and to deliver in a pragmatic and proactive manner.

* Coordinate with contractors and suppliers when they are on site

* Participate in root cause analysis so repeat failures can be eliminated

* Fully utilise the computerised maintenance management system and record all work including fault descriptions, spares used, and repairs carried out.

The ideal candidate:

* Educated to recognised apprenticeship in mechanical engineering or relevant engineering. ONC/HNC would be advantageous.

* Strong mechanical background, heavy industry highly advantageous.

* Good knowledge of mechanical systems, drives, motors, belts, pumps, crushers, conveyors, vibratory screens, and gearboxes

* Computer literate

* Able to work at height and confined spaces

* Welding and Fabricating to a good standard

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus excellent benefits.

MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE FITTER/ENGINEERS

Salary: c£25-35,000 Shift Allowance Excellent Benefits

Location: Presteigne, Wales/Herefordshire Borders

Commutable from: Ludlow, Leominster, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Knighton, Llandrindod Wells, Newtown, Knighton, Hay on Wye, Craven Arms, Bishops Castle, Stourport on Severn, Bromyard, Kidderminster, Hereford, Worcester, Bridgenorth, Telford, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge, Walsall.

How would you like to be a part of one of the UK's leading industrial manufacturing and processing businesses, part of a global plc?

Our client is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter/Engineer to maintain their fixed and mobile plant, machinery and processing equipment at one of their operational sites to ensure the supply of high-quality products to customers in the South West and Wales area are met.

You will be a part of the 24/7 engineering function at the site. You will be reporting to the Mechanical Shift Supervisor where you'll be able to contribute to the preparation and development of safe working methods for repair procedures. You will also have a flexible, proactive, and 'hands-on' approach to responding to plant breakdown, ensuring assets are returned to production in a timely manner and temporary fixes are followed up with a permanent solution.

This role may involve travel to other locations to assist and therefore the job holder must possess a full UK driving licence.

The role of Mechanical Maintenance Fitter would suit an individual who has great communication and problem-solving skills as well as someone who can work confidently and courteously within the team and on their own initiative.

Key tasks and responsibilities

* To maintain and promote Health & Safety rules and regulations, following all company processes and procedures. Including to challenge unsafe conditions and practices, reporting these through company procedures.

* Ability to remove and fit bearings

* Work with risk assessments and method statements

* To undertake emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient way on all production equipment.

* To own small scale projects and to deliver in a pragmatic and proactive manner.

* Coordinate with contractors and suppliers when they are on site

* Participate in root cause analysis so repeat failures can be eliminated

* Fully utilise the computerised maintenance management system and record all work including fault descriptions, spares used, and repairs carried out.

The ideal candidate:

* Educated to recognised apprenticeship in mechanical engineering or relevant engineering. ONC/HNC would be advantageous.

* Strong mechanical background, heavy industry highly advantageous.

* Good knowledge of mechanical systems, drives, motors, belts, pumps, crushers, conveyors, vibratory screens, and gearboxes

* Computer literate

* Able to work at height and confined spaces

* Welding and Fabricating to a good standard

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus excellent benefits.

MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE FITTER/ENGINEERS

Salary: c£25 - 35,000 Shift Allowance Excellent Benefits

Location: Presteigne, Wales/Herefordshire Borders

Commutable from: Ludlow, Leominster, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Knighton, Llandrindod Wells, Newtown, Knighton, Hay on Wye, Craven Arms, Bishops Castle, Stourport on Severn, Bromyard, Kidderminster, Hereford, Worcester, Bridgenorth, Telford, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge, Walsall.

How would you like to be a part of one of the UK's leading industrial manufacturing and processing businesses, part of a global plc?

Our client is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Fitter/Engineer to maintain their fixed and mobile plant, machinery and processing equipment at one of their operational sites to ensure the supply of high-quality products to customers in the South West and Wales area are met.

You will be a part of the 24/7 engineering function at the site. You will be reporting to the Mechanical Shift Supervisor where you'll be able to contribute to the preparation and development of safe working methods for repair procedures. You will also have a flexible, proactive, and 'hands-on' approach to responding to plant breakdown, ensuring assets are returned to production in a timely manner and temporary fixes are followed up with a permanent solution.

This role may involve travel to other locations to assist and therefore the job holder must possess a full UK driving licence.

The role of Mechanical Maintenance Fitter would suit an individual who has great communication and problem-solving skills as well as someone who can work confidently and courteously within the team and on their own initiative.

Key tasks and responsibilities

* To maintain and promote Health & Safety rules and regulations, following all company processes and procedures. Including to challenge unsafe conditions and practices, reporting these through company procedures.

* Ability to remove and fit bearings

* Work with risk assessments and method statements

* To undertake emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient way on all production equipment.

* To own small scale projects and to deliver in a pragmatic and proactive manner.

* Coordinate with contractors and suppliers when they are on site

* Participate in root cause analysis so repeat failures can be eliminated

* Fully utilise the computerised maintenance management system and record all work including fault descriptions, spares used, and repairs carried out.

The ideal candidate:

* Educated to recognised apprenticeship in mechanical engineering or relevant engineering. ONC/HNC would be advantageous.

* Strong mechanical background, heavy industry highly advantageous.

* Good knowledge of mechanical systems, drives, motors, belts, pumps, crushers, conveyors, vibratory screens, and gearboxes

* Computer literate

* Able to work at height and confined spaces

* Welding and Fabricating to a good standard

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus excellent benefits.

SALES TEAM MANAGERS - HOLIDAY RESERVATIONS

"Join a travel industry market leader, renowned for its excellent customer experience."

£28500 (OTE £32-35000) Excellent Benefits (Hybrid Working)

Cheshire (Hybrid Working)

Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.

Usually, when you see a job advertised for someone to manage a team of twelve sales agents, you would immediately think "call centre".

You'd get a mental picture of a vast office packed with people engaged in high-pressure sales techniques and KPI charts all over the place.

This one is very different.

As one of the leading holiday cottage rental companies in the UK, our client's core focus is on giving their customers the best experience possible, and this starts at the first phone call.

When customers phone the sales team, they often have specific requests for their holiday property. For example, they may have mobility access requirements, off-road parking, or a bright pink hot tub. Whatever they need, their sales agents work with them to find the perfect rental property in the correct location.

As such, they use a consultative selling approach to tailor the best deal for their clients. And that can take time, so measuring call times and aggressively pushing a sale doesn't work for them. That's one of the reasons they have been on the Sunday Times' Best Companies to Work For list for the past two years.

They want their customers to tell other people about their positive experience and leave fantastic reviews about the service they had from the agent.

That's where you come in.

As one of four sales team managers, your job is to make sure the agents in your team are well-trained and capable of delivering a premium customer experience. So, you'll guide, mentor, motivate, and develop your team's skills through daily/weekly/ monthly 121 meetings, feedback sessions and in-call monitoring.

As the company operates from 9 am until 9 pm, they operate a shift system, with managerial cover in place at the head office in Chester at all times. So, sometimes you and your team will work from home, but other times you'll be based from the office.

Our client envisages your background may include working in a luxury, bespoke or high street travel agency, an aircraft cabin crew team leader, kitchen/bathroom sales, quality furniture retail sales, possibly even a wedding or conference/events manager. Wherever you've worked before, you'll know what first-class customer service involves and have the drive to instil those values into your team.

As you can imagine, there are many other details to discuss, so please indicate your interest by emailing your CV quoting reference LX 931158

CUSTOMER SUPPORT TEAM MANAGER - HOLIDAY RESERVATIONS

"Join a travel industry market leader, renowned for its excellent customer experience."

£28500 Excellent Benefits (Hybrid Working)

Cheshire (Hybrid Working)

Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.

Working in customer support is rarely a joy. As an experienced customer support team manager, you'll have probably been on the wrong end of an unpleasant customer call before now.

However, when the company offers a premium quality service and places the customer at the centre of their world, you find the customer support role becomes more about helping to solve a problem rather than being a verbal punchbag.

And that's the nature of this role with our client, who has an enviable position as a highly regarded holiday cottage rental company in the UK. They know that happy customers bring repeat business and recommendations, so they aim to excel in every aspect of their service.

However, while there are few complaints about the service, there are numerous customer problems to solve. They can range from a simple alteration to a booking through to a change of the customer's circumstance. Whatever the issue, our client's customer support agents deal with it efficiently and effectively.

And that's where you come in.

Your role as the Team Manager is to motivate, mentor, guide, and develop your team's skills through structured 121 meetings and live, in-call monitoring. As an experienced customer support professional, you'll be able to draw on your knowledge of premium-level service to build your team's skills and deliver the high level of service required.

Our client has featured in the Sunday Times' Best Companies to Work For list for the past two years and are keen to improve on their position. As such, they offer flexible working, operating from 9 am until 9 pm on a shift system, with managerial cover in place at the head office in Chester at all times. So, sometimes you and your team will work from home, but other times you'll be based from the office.

As you can imagine, there are many other details to discuss, so please indicate your interest by emailing your CV quoting reference 934330

SALES TEAM MANAGERS - HOLIDAY RESERVATIONS

"Join a travel industry market leader, renowned for its excellent customer experience."

£28500 (OTE £32-35000) Excellent Benefits (Hybrid Working)

Cheshire (Hybrid Working)

Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.

Usually, when you see a job advertised for someone to manage a team of twelve sales agents, you would immediately think "call centre".

You'd get a mental picture of a vast office packed with people engaged in high-pressure sales techniques and KPI charts all over the place.

This one is very different.

As one of the leading holiday cottage rental companies in the UK, our client's core focus is on giving their customers the best experience possible, and this starts at the first phone call.

When customers phone the sales team, they often have specific requests for their holiday property. For example, they may have mobility access requirements, off-road parking, or a bright pink hot tub. Whatever they need, their sales agents work with them to find the perfect rental property in the correct location.

As such, they use a consultative selling approach to tailor the best deal for their clients. And that can take time, so measuring call times and aggressively pushing a sale doesn't work for them. That's one of the reasons they have been on the Sunday Times' Best Companies to Work For list for the past two years.

They want their customers to tell other people about their positive experience and leave fantastic reviews about the service they had from the agent.

That's where you come in.

As one of four sales team managers, your job is to make sure the agents in your team are well-trained and capable of delivering a premium customer experience. So, you'll guide, mentor, motivate, and develop your team's skills through daily/weekly/ monthly 121 meetings, feedback sessions and in-call monitoring.

As the company operates from 9 am until 9 pm, they operate a shift system, with managerial cover in place at the head office in Chester at all times. So, sometimes you and your team will work from home, but other times you'll be based from the office.

Our client envisages your background may include working in a luxury, bespoke or high street travel agency, an aircraft cabin crew team leader, kitchen/bathroom sales, quality furniture retail sales, possibly even a wedding or conference/events manager. Wherever you've worked before, you'll know what first-class customer service involves and have the drive to instil those values into your team.

As you can imagine, there are many other details to discuss, so please indicate your interest by emailing your CV quoting reference LX 931158

Sales Director - UK Aftermarket Solutions

Salary £80-100000 (Dependent on Experience) Car Bonus Excellent Benefits

South Manchester National Remit - Hybrid Working

If you're an experienced sales director, the words "low-hanging fruit" will be music to your ears as you know that grabbing some quick wins is always a great way to start a new role.

Usually, there are only a handful of opportunities to take advantage of, but this role is a little different.

Our client is a well-established manufacturer of equipment for the metals industry., They are a primary supplier of speciality machinery to companies worldwide. They have a vast installed customer base and operate as a leading global partner across many industry sectors.

Our client is enjoying excellent global growth and investment adding the latest digital solutions to their equipment to add value to its customers' production performance.

They now wish to further strengthen customer relationships by prioritising their aftermarket sales as a core focus. And they want someone with your skills to lead UK aftermarket solutions across spare parts, services, equipment modernisation and upgrades and digital.

So, as Sales Director, you will take an overarching role across all the group's products, creating, implementing, and leading an aftermarket sales strategy. They have an extensive back catalogue of customers and previously supplied equipment, so you and your team have an immediate prospect list to attack and gain those quick wins.

Our client supplies their equipment to companies of all sizes, from SMEs up to global multinationals, so you'll need to demonstrate experience in engaging with engineering, technical and purchasing stakeholders in relation to contractual pricing and service agreements.

As for your background, our client envisages you will have significant experience in aftermarket sales, including servicing and maintenance contracts and upselling new equipment against old. In addition, you'll have the gravitas and character to lead a 20-strong sales team across the businesses and work with the European technical centres to understand new product developments and new sales angles.

Overall, this role offers an experienced Sales Director the opportunity to take ownership of a strategically important function of the group and stamp their mark on the business.

INTERIM SENIOR BUYERS- CAPEX ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION & PROJECTS - NEC3 EXPERIENCE (INTERIM 12 MONTHS CONTRACT)

£Very Competitive Interim Day Rate (Dependent on Experience)

Location: North West

Our client is long established and pivotal player within the energy and utilities supply chain and utilises world leading technology at its plant in the North West. As a result of continued growth and major projects our client is looking for two Senior Buyers for its CAPEX, Engineering, Construction and Projects function on an interim (minimum 12 month contract) basis.

The focus of the roles is the leadership of cross functional teams on major sourcing projects, developing and executing sourcing strategies; the tender and negotiation process; supplier selection, drafting, award and execution of contracts; commercial management of suppliers' post contract management of capital investments and infrastructure projects and the delivery of strategic change and operational efficiency. Our client is seeking graduate calibre, MCIPS qualified Construction and Engineering Projects specialists with NEC3 knowledge and experience.

The Roles:
* To support the EPC Project Procurement Manager/ Engineering, Construction and Projects Team in the execution of both local and global strategies.
* To work with relevant customers/stakeholders and procurement colleagues in the development and execution of customer aligned and fully integrated category plan(s) for Engineering, Construction and Projects, and taking the commercial lead in the sourcing, selection, and management of suppliers for all associated projects.
* As a member of a global procurement and category team actively contribute to the development and execution of the category plan and associated projects to drive maximum value from the supply chain and the dissemination of best practice.
* To actively contribute to the development of the Category Plan such that the Team is clear on the vision, strategy, and implementation process.
* To develop, evaluate and manage internal and external supplier relationships such that they support the optimisation of our client's position.
* To manage significant and complex supplier contracts in line with corporate policies and procedures to drive both value and compliance for the Company
* To develop partnerships with customer groups and business leaders to gain their support and co-operation in the delivery of sourcing projects and the category plan.
* To work with key customers to ensure an effective view of business strategy, portfolio of projects and priorities such that realistic expectations are formed on all sides.
* To develop partnerships with customer groups and business leaders to gain their support and co-operation in the delivery of sourcing projects and the category plan.
* To work with key customers to ensure an effective view of business strategy, portfolio of projects and priorities such that realistic expectations are formed on all sides.
* Support the Procurement Manager in the development of self and peers in becoming a professional customer facing value adding function and exploiting the collective knowledge of the Procurement function.

The Ideal Candidates:
* University degree educated (or with evidence of recent CPD) plus MCIPS essential.
* Experience gained within a multinational, corporate and regulated environment such as utilities, aerospace, pharmaceutical, electronics, engineering, capital intensive industry, construction, environments etc.
* At least four years' procurement experience including minimum two years in a category manager or senior buyer role within the CAPEX, Engineering, Construction Projects category area.
* NEC3 engineering and construction contract experience and knowledge essential.
* An understanding of category management principles and a working knowledge of SAP processes and functionality across the procurement process and integration with other functions.
* Excellent stakeholder engagement, persuasion and influencing including business case development and presentation experience.
* Excellent track record of supplier management and development including implementation of supplier management programmes with key suppliers.
* Experience of advising and leading on bid evaluation approach in support of supplier selection.
* Experience of development and execution of project procurement strategies within the context of construction and engineering projects.
* Able to drive a lean sourcing culture, driving efficiencies and improvements by challenging current practice and actively participating with regulatory bodies to support innovative procurement.

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER - SPECIALIST (EPC) ENGINEERING & PROJECTS - HIGH HAZARD/HIGH INTEGRITY ENVIRONMENT

C£58-68000/€68-79500 (DOE) Bonus Excellent Benefits

North West UK or Netherlands or North West Germany

Our client is a global player with the high hazard and high integrity energy and power generation sector. Its portfolio of projects ranges from €50 million to in excess of €500 million. Its Engineering and Projects division supports Group project services across sites in the UK and mainland Europe.

The Role:

The role of Senior Project Engineer - Specialist Projects forms part of Group Projects and the Project Engineering team. The Senior Project Engineer - Specialist Projects will manage all of the requirements and technical activities for a given specialist project or project scope (relating to Cascade Design & Install, Plant Control Systems, Core Equipment Specialist knowledge or delivery of bespoke R&D projects) aiming at assuring project accuracy, quality and cost control from conception to completion.

The Senior Project Engineer - Specialist (EPC) Project will build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships. As Senior Project Engineer - Specialist Projects, your remit will span supplier selection and evaluation, to direct delivery of engineering/design scope for specialist projects.

Therefore, this role will be ideal for a Senior Project Engineer with a solid generalist understanding of a wide range of engineering disciplines, alongside specialist knowledge relating to Cascade Design & Install, Plant Control Systems, Core Equipment specialist knowledge or delivery of bespoke R & D projects enabling the role to deliver integrated design solutions and to oversee engineering at a project level of high complexity.

The role would report to the Manager of the Project Engineering function, and you would be responsible for indirect management of contractors at multiple locations and for budgetary responsibility for engineering contracts up to c€40 million.

The role of Senior Project Engineer - Specialist (EPC) Projects has multiple stakeholders, internal and external customers, interfacing across the whole group and this on occasion may require travel to mainland Europe to assist with projects.

As Senior Project Engineer- Specialist Projects you may be assigned to one project or several packages of work that form part of a large project of strategic importance.

The Ideal Candidate:

* University degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Project Management, Construction or similar.

* At least five years' experience in a fully accountable technical project engineering role within EPC projects.

* Specialist knowledge in either Cascade design & install, Plant Control Systems, Core Process delivery, bespoke R & D project delivery are a prerequisite for success in this role.

* Full design project lifecycle project engineering experience from concept development, initiation through to closeout/handover.

* Skilled in implementing and delivering engineering/design strategy against project objectives with minimal supervision.

* Proven leadership experience and the ability to work with minimum supervision.

* Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing cost predictability aligning multicultural team members around clear common goals to successfully achieve project objectives ranging from oversight to management by influencing to deliver.

* Demonstrable project engineering experience supporting complex, multi contract, multi discipline EPC project(s).

* Experience of successfully managing contractual relationships with suppliers including provision of free issue materials, technology, or IP.

* Proven track record of contract delivery protecting our client's contractual position whilst preventing the likelihood of claims.

* Skilled in setting standards for documentation, knowledge management and administration ensuring that suppliers meet contractual obligations.

* Strong competence and capability working with teams of high performing professionals accountable for the delivery of projects.

* Additional professional qualifications such as CEng or EUR ING. CDM Principal Designer Representative experience very useful.

* A project management qualification such as APM or PMI or Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) would be highly advantageous.

* Awareness of contracting methodologies such as NEC3, NEC4 etc

* On site construction experience.

Please note that this role is subject to security clearance so if you have security clearance for the UK, Netherlands or Germany please state this clearly on your application.

INTERIM SENIOR BUYER - INDIRECT SPEND - CORPORATE/SITE SERVICES

"Graduate calibre, CIPS qualified Senior Buyer/ Category Specialist or Category Manager sought interim contract for 6 months by global energy leader."

C£50-60000 pro rata (Interim day rate Dependent on Experience)

Location: North West

Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.

This is an 6 month interim opportunity for a graduate calibre, CIPS qualified procurement professional to join a global multinational energy environment within its indirect spend area covering corporate and site services. Our client is a multi-site manufacturing/processing and complex matrix organisation.

Our client has an opportunity for an Interim Senior Buyer for its Indirect Services Category Management team. Specifically, you will support categories such as Corporate & Professional Services, Site Services, Facilities Management, Engineering, MRO, Operational Support and Consumables with tactical and operational buying activities.

The interim Senior Buyer will operate as part of a large procurement category management team, and will work closely with national, European and global divisions and business units.

The Role:

· The delivery of agreed category plans through the execution of strategic sourcing projects to meet business partner requirements, maximizing value for our client.
· Contributing to the development of category plans by creating and owning sub-category plans
· Support the development of medium to long range category plans and be able to influence the development of value delivery plans through knowledge of local needs and local supply markets.
· The implementation of strategic sourcing and supplier management activities to deliver in year value as well as using knowledge of local needs and supplier capabilities to contribute to the development of long-range category plans developed using standard company tools and communicated through the appropriate governance models.
· Savings delivery is a critical component of the role and Senior Buyer will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of reporting and management of value outlooks in standard company reporting tools.
· Collaborate with project specific stakeholders to ensure change management is efficient and effective to guarantee sustainable value delivery.
· Change management is a key challenge in the role and Senior Buyers must have expert influencing and negotiation skills alongside key technical competencies relating to procurement transactional planning, commercial contract management and supplier relationship management.
· Senior Buyers will provide the first line of supplier performance management activities to ensure sustainable and secure supply of goods and services to support ongoing safe and effective operation of facilities.

The Ideal Candidate:

· Will be university degree educated, part or fully qualified CIPS, with previous multinational strategic commercial procurement, buying and sourcing experience ideally within indirect categories, although experience in direct categories would still be of interest.
· Commercial procurement/tactical and strategic buying experience gained within a multinational matrix organisation.
· Experienced in sourcing, negotiation and management of spend categories.
· A proven track record of working with senior stakeholders across multiple sites.
· Self-starter, with lots of initiative, drive and ambition to succeed.
· Confidence and capability Must be able to influence at all levels of the organisation through strong relationship management.
· Excellent analytical, research, communication and presentation skills.
· Excellent team working ability, particularly with suppliers and sourcing managers.
· Ability to develop and manage strong relationships both internally and externally (e.g. suppliers).
· Highly motivated with a drive for results - performance focussed.
· Strong integrity ensuring procurement operates to high standards and is fully trusted by its internal and external stakeholders.
· Naturally analytical and inquisitive.
· Experience of SAP/SAP Ariba procurement systems essential.
· Demonstrate attention to detail to derive accurate and insightful recommendations.

INTERIM SENIOR BUYER - INDIRECT SPEND - CORPORATE/SITE SERVICES

"Graduate calibre, CIPS qualified Senior Buyer/ Category Specialist or Category Manager sought interim contract for 6 months by global energy leader."

C£50-60000 pro rata (Interim day rate Dependent on Experience)

Location: North West

Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.

This is an 6 month interim opportunity for a graduate calibre, CIPS qualified procurement professional to join a global multinational energy environment within its indirect spend area covering corporate and site services. Our client is a multi-site manufacturing/processing and complex matrix organisation.

Our client has an opportunity for an Interim Senior Buyer for its Indirect Services Category Management team. Specifically, you will support categories such as Corporate & Professional Services, Site Services, Facilities Management, Engineering, MRO, Operational Support and Consumables with tactical and operational buying activities.

The interim Senior Buyer will operate as part of a large procurement category management team, and will work closely with national, European and global divisions and business units.

The Role:

· The delivery of agreed category plans through the execution of strategic sourcing projects to meet business partner requirements, maximizing value for our client.
· Contributing to the development of category plans by creating and owning sub-category plans
· Support the development of medium to long range category plans and be able to influence the development of value delivery plans through knowledge of local needs and local supply markets.
· The implementation of strategic sourcing and supplier management activities to deliver in year value as well as using knowledge of local needs and supplier capabilities to contribute to the development of long-range category plans developed using standard company tools and communicated through the appropriate governance models.
· Savings delivery is a critical component of the role and Senior Buyer will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of reporting and management of value outlooks in standard company reporting tools.
· Collaborate with project specific stakeholders to ensure change management is efficient and effective to guarantee sustainable value delivery.
· Change management is a key challenge in the role and Senior Buyers must have expert influencing and negotiation skills alongside key technical competencies relating to procurement transactional planning, commercial contract management and supplier relationship management.
· Senior Buyers will provide the first line of supplier performance management activities to ensure sustainable and secure supply of goods and services to support ongoing safe and effective operation of facilities.

The Ideal Candidate:

· Will be university degree educated, part or fully qualified CIPS, with previous multinational strategic commercial procurement, buying and sourcing experience ideally within indirect categories, although experience in direct categories would still be of interest.
· Commercial procurement/tactical and strategic buying experience gained within a multinational matrix organisation.
· Experienced in sourcing, negotiation and management of spend categories.
· A proven track record of working with senior stakeholders across multiple sites.
· Self-starter, with lots of initiative, drive and ambition to succeed.
· Confidence and capability Must be able to influence at all levels of the organisation through strong relationship management.
· Excellent analytical, research, communication and presentation skills.
· Excellent team working ability, particularly with suppliers and sourcing managers.
· Ability to develop and manage strong relationships both internally and externally (e.g. suppliers).
· Highly motivated with a drive for results - performance focussed.
· Strong integrity ensuring procurement operates to high standards and is fully trusted by its internal and external stakeholders.
· Naturally analytical and inquisitive.
· Experience of SAP/SAP Ariba procurement systems essential.
· Demonstrate attention to detail to derive accurate and insightful recommendations.

INTERIM SENIOR BUYER - INDIRECT SPEND - CORPORATE/SITE SERVICES

"Graduate calibre, CIPS qualified Senior Buyer/ Category Specialist or Category Manager sought interim contract for 6 months by global energy leader."

C£50-60000 pro rata (Interim day rate Dependent on Experience)

Location: North West

Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, South Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.

This is an 6 month interim opportunity for a graduate calibre, CIPS qualified procurement professional to join a global multinational energy environment within its indirect spend area covering corporate and site services. Our client is a multi-site manufacturing/processing and complex matrix organisation.

Our client has an opportunity for an Interim Senior Buyer for its Indirect Services Category Management team. Specifically, you will support categories such as Corporate & Professional Services, Site Services, Facilities Management, Engineering, MRO, Operational Support and Consumables with tactical and operational buying activities.

The interim Senior Buyer will operate as part of a large procurement category management team, and will work closely with national, European and global divisions and business units.

The Role:

· The delivery of agreed category plans through the execution of strategic sourcing projects to meet business partner requirements, maximizing value for our client.
· Contributing to the development of category plans by creating and owning sub-category plans
· Support the development of medium to long range category plans and be able to influence the development of value delivery plans through knowledge of local needs and local supply markets.
· The implementation of strategic sourcing and supplier management activities to deliver in year value as well as using knowledge of local needs and supplier capabilities to contribute to the development of long-range category plans developed using standard company tools and communicated through the appropriate governance models.
· Savings delivery is a critical component of the role and Senior Buyer will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of reporting and management of value outlooks in standard company reporting tools.
· Collaborate with project specific stakeholders to ensure change management is efficient and effective to guarantee sustainable value delivery.
· Change management is a key challenge in the role and Senior Buyers must have expert influencing and negotiation skills alongside key technical competencies relating to procurement transactional planning, commercial contract management and supplier relationship management.
· Senior Buyers will provide the first line of supplier performance management activities to ensure sustainable and secure supply of goods and services to support ongoing safe and effective operation of facilities.

The Ideal Candidate:

· Will be university degree educated, part or fully qualified CIPS, with previous multinational strategic commercial procurement, buying and sourcing experience ideally within indirect categories, although experience in direct categories would still be of interest.
· Commercial procurement/tactical and strategic buying experience gained within a multinational matrix organisation.
· Experienced in sourcing, negotiation and management of spend categories.
· A proven track record of working with senior stakeholders across multiple sites.
· Self-starter, with lots of initiative, drive and ambition to succeed.
· Confidence and capability Must be able to influence at all levels of the organisation through strong relationship management.
· Excellent analytical, research, communication and presentation skills.
· Excellent team working ability, particularly with suppliers and sourcing managers.
· Ability to develop and manage strong relationships both internally and externally (e.g. suppliers).
· Highly motivated with a drive for results - performance focussed.
· Strong integrity ensuring procurement operates to high standards and is fully trusted by its internal and external stakeholders.
· Naturally analytical and inquisitive.
· Experience of SAP/SAP Ariba procurement systems essential.
· Demonstrate attention to detail to derive accurate and insightful recommendations.