Job Description

The role of a Procurement Lead in Strategic Sourcing, will be to lead the delivery of procurement work scopes of an assigned category, portfolio, programme or project focused on the optimal provision of fit for purpose goods and services from the Supply Chain in support of the Sellafield mission. The role will work within either the sourcing or category teams and in conjunction with the supplier relationship management team to drive value for money, benefit realisation in the end-to-end procurement and contract management lifecycle.

Principal Accountabilities

• To proactively support the delivery of category management activity, including the development of category plans and strategies, aligning with the Sellafield Ltd corporate strategies and Supply Chain Directorate strategies.
• To lead complex procurement activities, as required in line with the procurement regulations to ensure open and transparent compliant competition throughout the supply chain.
• To proactively support the development of Acquisition Strategies and Business Cases.
• To proactively support, as requested, during project/programme submissions to internal and external governance eg. SL Investment Review Panels (IRPs) and NDA Expenditure Review Panels (ERPs).
• To lead market and supply chain research, with market engagement where necessary, to enhance market understanding and market conditions whilst identifying potential suppliers to support Sellafield’s category management and procurement activities.
• To lead evaluation boards, establish competition and evaluation teams, and deliver competition & evaluation training, produce evaluation reports and input to business cases.
• To develop key procurement documentation in compliance with appropriate Public Procurement Regulations.
• To manage clarification responses, preferred bidder and standstill process.
• Responsible for award of contract and handover of contract to the contract management or category team.
• To support the delivery of risk management, contract management and supplier relationship management activity in line with the policies and processes provided by the Sellafield contract management and SRM teams. Ensure that learning from experience is shared within the direct reporting line and broader directorate.
• To accurately develop/maintain records, reports and data for procurement, category management, contract management and supplier relationship management activity, including the Procurement Plan.
• To ensure activities undertaken in accordance with the Sellafield Manifesto, Company Commercial Directorate policies, procedures, processes, legislative and regulatory requirements, and government commercial standards.
• To promote Sellafield Ltd to key relevant stakeholder groups and to lead business partnering in the deployment of collaborative working principles as defined by ISO 44001 standard.
• To lead and deliver a positive cultural and behavioural change in the Supply Chain Directorate with the effective implementation of integrated and cooperative supply chain teams.
• To coach, develop and support direct reports and other team members as appropriate, supporting ongoing personal development, wellbeing and team enhancement and the creation of clear succession plans which are aligned to both the corporate and directorate plan.
• To operate in line with the ‘Employee Expectations’, ‘Line Managers’ and ‘Financial Management’ as set out in My Contribution. All employees and leaders are expected to engage in Sellafield’s Manifesto which sets out our 10 behavioural commitments. In addition, our Leaders are accountable to deliver against the One NDA Group Leadership Standard which includes responsibility to:
• Create the future
• Safely deliver results
• Inspire our people
• Collaborate to unlock potential

Essential Skills

• Candidate will hold a degree in relevant discipline as well as at least one of the below:
– Chartered Institute of Purchase and Supply Levels 5 or 6 Qualification
– Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Advanced Qualification
– World Commerce and Contracting Advanced Qualification
– Government Commercial Function Contract Management Qualification

• Knowledge and experience in sourcing and negotiation including strong working knowledge of the Public Contract Regulations including PCR 2015 & PA23.
• Experience and practitioner capability in procurement and/or the end-to-end category management process including contract management and supplier relationship management, as required by the focus of the role.
• Extensive leadership and management experience.

Desirable Skills

• Ability to interpret case law for applicability to various stages of procurement activities.
• Demonstrable ability and experience in sourcing activities including competitive tendering and supplier evaluation.
• Demonstrable ability and experience in influencing stakeholders, including senior stakeholders, in the delivery of assigned portfolio.
• Demonstrable ability and experience of working collaboratively as part of integrated multi-disciplined team.
• Demonstrable ability and experience to support the delivery of corporate direction with positive results.
• Professional knowledge and experience of analytical tools for spend/contract/market/supply chain analysis and an ability to deploy broader good practice in associated analysis.
• General knowledge of change management principles with experience of applying these across a portfolio of projects and activities.
• General knowledge and awareness of best practice supplier, contract and risk management approaches.

Additional Information

• Open VN
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact/s: Jason McCann

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C GCSE in English, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies:

Behavioural:
Drive for results
Resilience
Holding self and others accountable

Technical:
Planning the procurement
Placing the contract

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk.

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