Senior Procurement Specialist

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Role: Senior Project Procurement Specialist - Subcontracted Services
Location: United Kingdom

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Procurement Specialist - Subcontracted Services for our supply chain management team in the UK during a pivotal period of growth. In this role, you will be responsible for complete project procurement activities, implementing comprehensive sourcing and procurement strategies that optimize costs, enhance supplier quality, and improve reliability. You will report to the Head of Supply Chain, providing updates on the project procurement plan, status reports, vendor management, and risk assessments. Your role will be crucial during project execution, ensuring effective management of supplier-related risks and opportunities.

What will you do?

1. Sourcing Strategy: Implement effective sourcing strategies aligned with business goals, ensuring suppliers have the capacity and capability to meet current and future requirements. Communicate strategies across relevant departments and align project activities with the approved vendor list, focusing on cost, quality, sustainability, and delivery performance.

2. Supplier Relations: Manage relationships with subcontractors, including negotiations, framing agreements, and purchase orders. Conduct direct negotiations to meet project target prices.

3. Procedures: Apply and ensure compliance with company procurement procedures and plans.

4. Monitoring: Track procurement status, report issues to management, and proactively resolve issues related to cost, quality, and delivery.

5. Process Excellence: Collaborate with the project team to identify new suppliers and ensure vendor prequalification according to standards.

6. Documentation: Document conditions for purchase documents, procurement procedures, and plans, ensuring compliance.

7. Compliance: Adhere to Linxon Global SCM standards on health and safety, sustainability, ethics, and regulations. Maintain related instructions and procedures.

Requirements:

1. Experience in Power Sector - Transmission & Distribution.

2. Extensive experience in project procurement negotiations for large subcontracted services (>$70M USD).

3. Proficiency in handling Subcontract Management and finalizing main orders for services like civil works, HVAC, firefighting, installation, and commissioning.

4. Strong technical knowledge in construction activities with an ability to propose cost-effective solutions.

5. International experience and familiarity with various utilities, standards, and specifications.

6. Analytical, independent, and solution-oriented working style with strong communication and collaboration skills.

7. Experience in multicultural environments with high intercultural sensitivity.

8. Extensive commercial negotiation experience.

9. Support the utilization of supply chain resources in the Global Engineering & Technology Services (GETS) office in India.

Skills and Competencies:

1. Degree in Civil Engineering preferred.

2. Experience working in a highly projectized environment as an SCM professional.

3. Self-disciplined, autonomous, proactive, with a sense of urgency.

4. Results-driven with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

5. Professional presentation skills.

6. Leadership and people development skills.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary structure
• Hybrid work model
• Industry-leading bonus and pension scheme
• Car allowance

About Linxon:

Linxon shapes energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. Combining Hitachi Energy's technological expertise and Atkins Realis's project management, we focus on substations-delivering turnkey solutions in power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation. Join us to be part of a new company evolving and shaping the future of energy infrastructure. If you thrive on new challenges and have an entrepreneurial spirit, this is your opportunity.

Learn more about Linxon here: Building the infrastructure to power the world - we are Linxon!