Senior Procurement Price Analyst

What was previously the purchasing department within MacTaggart Scott has recently undergone a restructure to support the transition to a strategic and pro-active Procurement & Supply Chain department to ensure it remains an effective and efficient function supporting the business in the longer term.

The Senior Procurement Price Analyst (Pre-Contract/Bids) will lead and support achievement of the team’s objectives.

The post holder will be required to support all other related pre-contract activity, as well as ensuring process efficiencies are maximized.

The role requires the ability to manage and effectively assign a complex and busy workload across the pre-contract function. The post holder will require a high level of attention to detail, to be able to operate effectively with other functions, whilst maintaining a high quality output within often challenging timescales.

Job Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of the role are:

• Support delivery of the functions’ overall Procurement and Supply Chain Strategy, in turn supporting achievement of the company’s corporate goals.
• Support the wider Procurement & Supply Chain function where required.
• Ensure data used in support of cost profiles submitted for MTS bid activity is of high integrity and accurate.
• Undertake activities as necessary for bid completion, including preparation, issue, and analysis of quotations. Flow down support queries as necessary (e.g. material specification compliance / obsolescence) and ensure timely resolution.
• Engage proactively with colleagues in Bid, Commercial, Quality Assurance and Engineering Support departments to ensure the team fully supports business needs.
• Maintain positive relationships with suppliers, seeking optimal sourcing solutions and maximise pricing validity wherever possible.
• Maintain awareness of market cost drivers and supply chain impacts, to be able to share impacts on potential bid requirements.
• Support supplier negotiations as required.
• Ensure agreeable Terms & Conditions, NDA’s, SAL’s, Export Licences, etc are in place (where applicable) with all suppliers at the Pre-Contract stage and that relevant customer flow downs are agreed with the supplier in conjunction with bid activity.
• Ensure that all cost and procurement data is maintained on systems, including ERP, to support accurate supplier, contract and bid management.
• Ensure all activities comply with company policies, procedures and reporting requirements
• Attend / support internal meetings as required, including project updates, bid gate reviews, procurement department, planning etc.
• Provide supplier management across appointed areas. Where required, manage and drive visibility of supplier performance metrics and management / improvement plans with relevant suppliers.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential/Required:

• Previous bid / estimating process experience.
• Supply chain principles and techniques.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Effective communication skills (written, oral and presentation).
• Previous experience in use of ERP systems.
• High competency in MS Office, including Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.
• Be able to work positively and collaboratively with the wider stakeholder community, both internal and external.
• Be able to pro-actively and effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment and delivery results.
• Have self-discipline, motivation and the ability to organise workload
• Problem solving.

Minimum Professional, Academic or Other Qualifications

Essential:

• CIPS Level 4 or working towards.
• Be able to pro-actively and effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment and deliver results.
• Have self-discipline, motivation, the ability to organise your workload and overcome problems as they arise.