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Tender & Project Purchasing Manager SLS

🏢 Nexans • 📍 Milton Keynes, England • 🕒 1 day ago

Salary Range

£62,000 - £78,879

£5,167 - £6,573 / mo

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Location Base

Milton Keynes, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Location: Milton Keynes, GB, MK6 1LA

Function: Purchasing

Employment type: Full Time

Required experience: Experienced - over 5 years

Reference ID: 72309

Tender & Project Purchasing Manager

WELCOMING YOU TO THE TEAM

The Tender & Project Purchasing team is a diverse and multicultural team with team members in Norway and UK. The team is responsible for managing and coordinating all purchasing related activities respecting Nexans purchasing procedures throughout the lifetime of the tenders and projects. The workplace is in UK and you will be reporting to the Head of Tender & Project Purchasing Department.

GETTING A FLYING START

As a Tender & Project Purchasing Manager you will have the responsibility for assigned purchasing tasks on one or more tenders and projects – such as prepare and manage procurement plan, defining purchasing strategy, negotiate and follow up contracts. The matrix organization of the tenders and projects requires good communication skills to ensure good information flow across different disciplines.

HOW YOU MAKE AN IMPACT

You will support the tenders and projects on all purchasing related tasks, especially large marine operations subcontracts.
You are a team player and organised, and you will ensure good coordination with all tender & project teams; establishing and maintaining Procurement Plans according to Nexans Standards; provide necessary inputs to the monthly reporting.
You will be aware and try to reach our yearly KPI targets and contribute to improvements.
Be fair with the suppliers and involve competition in all purchasing processes.
During Project execution, you will ensure high quality delivery, efficient project execution and minimum variations and claims by close follow up of internal stakeholders, suppliers, contracts and deliveries.

YOUR STARTING POINT WHEN YOU JOIN

Master degree in Engineering , Business or Supply Chain.
Minimum 7 years of experience in Procurement / Category Management / Supply Chain with proven records of fruitful negotiations or commercial achievements.
Experience with SAP obligatory. BI & Ariba Knowledge is an advantage.
In this role the likelihood of succeeding will increase if you are proactive, eager to learn and improve.
In Nexans we work in teams and are driven by project execution therefore you have are a team player, organised you have the ability to coordinate many stakeholders and keep good track of discussions.
Fluent in English, – oral and written, Norwegian is a plus.
Your personal values are aligned to those of Nexans: Pioneer, Dedicated, United.