What we are looking for:
We are looking for an exceptional Director of Finance and Procurement to develop and lead on our finance, investment and procurement strategy.
You will be an accomplished and experienced Finance professional who will play a key role in supporting our ambitions for transformation, underpinning growth, sustainability and the establishment of innovative practices and an outstanding environment for our staff, learners and the wider community.
The Director will demonstrate a combination of excellent strategic leadership and operational management skills and will be required to lead a multidisciplinary team covering Finance and Procurement. You will be an integral member of the College Management Team.
Nescot is a 60-acre estate in Ewell, Epsom, providing welcoming, safe and inspiring spaces and services to our community.
Key responsibilities of the role are to:To establish a financial strategy and treasury management to underpin the colleges strategic priorities
To lead and manage an outstanding finance and procurement function, supporting the colleges strategic priorities and ensuring financial compliance.
To ensure all relevant policies and procedures are in place to ensure they are following regulatory requirements and best practice
Deliver high levels of customer service and regular internal communications with stakeholders as well as external agencies and partners including the wider communityBenefits:A discounted on-site gym, sports hall, fitness class, osteopathy and day nursery
5-minute walk from Ewell East Station
Discounted Starbucks and Modern hair and beauty salon
Free online qualifications
Free parking on-site
Nescot is graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted following its latest inspection in January 2023. Inspectors rated the College as Good in all 8 aspects. The report recognises that students “enjoy their courses and are motivated to succeed”, and benefit from “highly supportive relationships” with staff. Safeguarding arrangements are “effective” with regular training for staff, and leaders have in place “an effective policy for safer recruitment.” Nescot is the 2024 Surrey Employer of the year.
At Nescot, we’re proud of our inclusive culture and we welcome all applications. This role is employed through Nescot Enterprises Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nescot which operates different terms and conditions.
Closing date: Sunday 1 December 2024
Interviews will be held Monday 9 December 2024

Procurement Manager
Job Type: Interim
Start date: 1st November 2024
Duration: 4 months
Hybrid: 1 day a week Office, 4 days remote

Your new role
Recruiting for a charity organisation dedicated to making a positive impact. I am currently seeking an experienced Interim Procurement Specialist with a blend of commercial and public sector experience to join their team on a temporary/ interim basis. The ideal candidate will have a "come and crack on" attitude, ready to deliver results swiftly and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Standard Sourcing Process:
* Gather requirements from various departments.
* Build comprehensive tender documentation.
* Lead and coordinate with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

2. Negotiation and Contractualisation:
* Conduct negotiations with suppliers to secure the best terms.
* Manage the contractualization process to ensure compliance and value for money.
3. Digital/Marketing Procurement:
* Oversee procurement for direct marketing, print fulfilment, digital, promotional items, and media buying.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven experience in standard sourcing processes, including gathering requirements, building tender documentation, and coordinating with stakeholders and suppliers.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience of managing contracts.
• Experience in digital and marketing procurement, including direct marketing, print fulfilment, digital, promotional items, and media buying

Soft Skills:

• Commercially oriented with a strong focus on fast-paced delivery.
• Experienced in short-term interim roles with a "come and crack on" attitude.
• A high drive for achievement and the ability to deliver results under pressure.

Qualifications:

• A mixture of commercial and public sector experience is essential.
• Relevant certifications in procurement or supply chain management are a plus.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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Join our client and drive sustainability with your procurement skills!

We have been directed by a pioneering Surrey based engineering company, dedicated to sustainable practice and minimising their environmental footprint, to source a Procurement Specialist to support their company grow towards a greener future. In this role, the right candidate will develop and manage procurement processes aligned with our client's exciting growth plans, emphasising sustainability at every step.

You'll work closely with suppliers to negotiate pricing, manage component flows, and drive cost reductions while considering the environmental impact. From identifying suppliers to leading end-to-end sourcing activities, you'll play a pivotal role in building a sustainable supply chain. Collaborating with the engineering teams, you'll address commercial supplier issues while ensuring our clients environmental standards are upheld.

We're looking for candidates with procurement experience and a strong commitment to sustainability. Strong negotiation skills, analytical abilities, and interpersonal skills are beneficial. Experience with ERP systems, detailed quotation analysis, and supply base management in manufacturing, preferably automotive, is preferred. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to driving positive environmental outcomes while pushing boundaries in a high-growth business environment. Our client is offering a salary up to £45,000 with an attractive benefits package. Apply now to make a difference!

Pro Property are looking for a driven individual to join our successful team as a Property Inventory Clerk in the Guilford Area. If you are someone who can see yourself thriving on delivering that exceptional service, this is the role for you. Previous experience in a similar role within Residential Lettings would be advantageous but not essential, as full training provided.

You will act as a representative of the property agent for collection/handover of keys and travel to attend various properties, assess and dictate a detailed record of their condition and cleanliness, evidenced with clear photographs, to create accurate inventory reports.

No two days are the same in the busy world of property rentals! The work requires standing, moving and travel throughout the day to get to and from property and agency locations, so travel is an unavoidable part of the job and physical fitness is important. Weekend work is often required as this is when people move house!
We're an exceptionally busy company looking for motivated, energetic, friendly and can-do inventory clerks to join our network.

Established in 2013, Pro Property is a reputable and preferred supplier for many of London's major estate agency brands including KFH, Dexters, Benham & Reeves, LiFE Residential, Stirling Ackroyd and many more! We’re a friendly, professional and diverse team ranging from student part-timers, to dedicated hard-core Clerks.

Training:
Ideally we are seeking experienced Inventory Clerks, however happy to invest time in training for motivated and enthusiastic individuals wanting to start a self-employed sub-contractor business. Both in-office theory (currently via Zoom) and practical in-property training with Senior Inventory Clerks. We're Ideally looking for people with Inventory experience, Retail or Property Management background.

OTE between £10k - £40,000 PA pending your availability as a self-employed sub-contractor. Average fee is £45, with 2-4 inspections per day average. Experienced Clerks can undertake up to 6+ pending size and location. Those who wish to contract intensively with PPL on an open schedule basis may earn £2,500 - £3,000+pm in the peak season.

IS THIS YOU?
- Presentable, semi-professional appearance comparable to that of a Lettings Agent
- Reliable STRONG home broadband internet for file uploads - this is an absolute MUST
- Laptop or home computer
- Thorough and consistent attention to detail, yet able to work quickly
- Punctuality!!
- Open and confident communicator
- Be open to flexible and weekend hours – Thursday - Monday are the busiest days of the week, and also end and start of the month days
- Be available for the busy Summer lettings market throughout July, August, September
- Must be able to drive for Surrey areas. London areas use of public transport
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
- But most importantly… A great, can-do attitude that will do us proud as representatives of PPL

TO APPLY:
Please send a brief cover letter with:
- a little about yourself
- why you feel you would make an excellent Inventory Clerk based on the requirements
- why you feel you’re a good fit for PPL
- please start your application with ‘Hi PPL!’

Introductions currently being conducted via Zoom.

We are seeking a Procurement Administrator to join our client’s team permanently. The Procurement Administrator will be a team worker with an attention to detail and must have strong analytical skills. The Procurement Administrator will be strategically coordinating and overseeing the procurement of stocks along with more duties and working 5 days in the office.
Key Responsibilities for the Procurement Administrator:
• Strategically plan and regulate optimal stock levels across all product lines to maximize sales opportunities while effectively managing costs
• Coordinate with sales team to address contract demand and facilitate call-off ordering
• Conduct weekly demand reviews and identify any necessary corrections
• Generate monthly reports on the analysis of slow-moving stock
• Collaborate with the team to conduct regular supplier reviews, ensure adherence to service level agreements, delivery schedules and competitive pricing
• Coordinate and schedule deliveries in collaboration with freight forwarders
• Manage product lead times to ensure timely delivery and meet customer expectations
• Oversee procurement of standard products from key suppliers, keeping the key Internal contact informed of any issues and ensuring order statuses are accurately maintained within the purchasing system
• Bi-weekly stock assessments conducted with the team to mitigate the risk of under or overstocking.
Skills Required for the Procurement Administrator:
• Excellent communication/relationship-building skills
• High attention to detail
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong IT skills, mainly in Excel but knowledge of Zoho, WMS & Stock Trim is great
• Team worker
• Stock management (Planning/Forecasting)
• Budget Management/commercial awareness
If this role is of interest, please apply for additional information or contact Thomas Edevane.

At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over seven million GCSEs and A-levels each year and it’s our people who make this happen.

Procurement Lead

Maternity Cover Fixed Term Contract– 12 months

Guildford: £46,000 - £52,000 per year

Hybrid working model mix of office and home working during the week

Are you looking to increase your Procurement knowledge and work in both an Indirect and Direct sourcing environment?

This maternity cover contract will open the doors for you to work in a number of categories across the business widening your portfolio of expertise.

You can you see ways to capitalise on opportunities and deliver quick but sound business benefits, alongside managing a team of 2 Sourcing specialists.  

This is your chance to work closely with 3 specialist Category Managers, as well as supporting, guiding and leading a team of 2 all under the guidance of the Head of the Procurement department.

Confidence in providing pragmatic and expert advice and guidance to senior managers across the business on procurement related processes and strategies is key.

What’s in it for you?

• You’ll work on a hybrid working model and one which works for you and the team alike, with the ability to pay up to 7% into your pension and employer contributions up to 11.5% , 25 days annual leave with Christmas on top rising with service, alongside a host of other wellbeing benefits including the Headspace App, Life assurance, PMI and Access to a Health Cash plan as well as a Cycle to Work schemes .

In your role as Procurement Lead you will work with the wider team where last year alone they worked on close to 300 complex contracts across the organisation. You will work across-section of sectors and suppliers including, Technology, Facilities, HR, Marketing, Events and Operations will form part of your overall responsibility.  AQA are diving into one of its main strategic aims of digitally diversifying and focusing on the future of assessment in innovative and technically minded ways.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting and taking full management responsibility for your team, you will enable a real focus on team development, growth and future succession planning as well as being pivotal in allowing everyone to focus on continuous improvements.
• Ensuring crucial coordination of workloads associated with contract reviews, contract builds, benchmarking/RFx exercises and other allocated projects.
• A key conduit with the Category Managers, the wider business and external suppliers across the coordination and management of all sourcing-related activities.
• Full responsibility for all RFx projects at all level of sourcing suppliers. You will have oversight and management after briefings from the Category Managers to go to market at pace and review and analyse all viable options.
• Provide key and proactive assistance to the Category Managers in the supplier relationship management process and take responsibility for the coordination of meetings and follow-ups. The supplier relationship management project is crucial to AQA as it ensures that suppliers match their contractual obligations, that risks to AQA are mitigated and the relationship with suppliers is enhanced to ensure we are seen as a partner of choice to companies.

     

AQA fully utilise contract management software (Jaggear/Bravo/Workday) to enable detailed reviews of contracts, to build contracts, review and formally evaluate RFIs and RFPs, to monitor individual supplier performance (accuracy, productivity, progress and compliance) and to be able to obtain relevant/key reports.

This will be something you are already familiar with and will be able to develop full and subject matter expertise in.

What next?

Apply via our website by the closing date of 23:59 Tuesday 27th February 2024

For the next step in your procurement career apply today and tell us about yourself

Every application will receive a written response

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** Internally this role is currently known as a Procurement Support Team Lead

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Full Job Description

Summary

The Senior Sourcing Specialist position is a newly created role within the Sourcing and Supply Management Team. The key responsibilities will be in providing direct support to the Category Managers as well as the coordination and management of all sourcing-related activities. The role will enable the Category Managers to enhance their focus on Business/Stakeholder liaison, Category Planning and supplier management. The Sourcing Team will benefit from a greater level of close support, guidance, training and day-to-day management. The Senior Sourcing Specialist will be key in contributing to the improvement in project delivery timescales and will provide tangible support in helping SSM to deliver the Finance vision and AQA strategy.Landscape
The role sits in the ten-person SSM team, based at Guildford, which is part of the Finance and Corporate Services division and reports directly to the Head of SSM. On a day-to-day basis, the Senior Sourcing Specialist will be responsible for liaising with the Category Managers, the two-person Sourcing Team and Procurement Administration. The Sourcing Team will report directly to the Senior Sourcing Specialist. The role will also have daily contact with other members of SSM, the wider FCS teams, with Stakeholders and other departments. In addition, the role will involve very regular contact with suppliers and AQA affiliate companies.

Activities
Take full responsibility and be accountable for all sourcing activities, contract reviews and other projects as agreed with the Team Category Managers
The Senior Sourcing Specialist will report directly to the Head of SSM and will be fully accountable for achieving all agreed performance objectives and other requirements.
Provide key and proactive assistance to the Category Managers in the supplier relationship management process and take responsibility for the coordination of meetings and follow-ups. The supplier relationship management project is crucial to AQA as it ensures that suppliers match their contractual obligations, that risks to AQA are mitigated and the relationship with suppliers is enhanced to ensure we are seen as a partner of choice to companies.
Work with the Category Managers in the build of individual Category Strategy documents. The Category Strategy builds will require spend data analysis, stakeholder analysis, market reviews, supplier research and trend analysis. These requirements will require the coordination of workloads with the Sourcing Team. The Category Strategies are key to meeting a prime SSM objective in ensuring that they provide comprehensive procurement planning support and guidance to Stakeholders and Department Heads. The Senior Sourcing Specialist will play a key role in coordinating the timely availability of the required data and other associated information.  
Proactively manage all benchmarking projects via the use of the RFI and/or RFP processes. Take responsibility for and be solely accountable for the completion of each benchmarking project within the agreed objectives and timescales set by the Category Managers. This involves detailed coordination between the Category Managers, the Sourcing Team, the Procurement Services Team, stakeholders and suppliers.  
Represent the Category Managers and SSM, where agreed, in Supplier, Stakeholder, Heads of Department and other teams meetings within AQA. The aim is to ensure that SSM’s reputation is enhanced, that the Team profile is raised and that the service/support provision to both colleagues and suppliers is rated as highly as possible. The Senior Sourcing Specialist role is key in ensuring that responses from colleagues and suppliers via surveys and questionnaires reflect the highest levels of support and service that SSM provide.     
Take full management responsibility for the SSM Sourcing Team. This involves the crucial coordination of the workloads associated with contract reviews, contract builds, benchmarking/RFI/RFP exercises and other allocated projects. The Sourcing Team members report directly to the Senior Sourcing Specialist, who in turn is tasked with holding weekly meetings with the individual Sourcing Team members.
Be solely accountable for the performance and personal development of the Sourcing Team. Agreed metrics are applied to the Team’s performance and on-going development which in turn form part of the Senior Sourcing Specialist’s performance objectives. The key priority is to ensure that the Sourcing Team are provided with required assistance, guidance, tools and motivation to achieve an outstanding rating in on-going personal reviews.
Have responsibility in ensuring that the Sourcing Team remain fully compliant with all relevant AQA Policies and SSM processes. Monitoring of compliance is a key on-going requirement and will be subject to both internal and external audits.
In order to coordinate and oversee spend analysis requirements, a knowledge of the suite of reports that can be generated from the Oracle finance software will need to be understood and training obtained from Procurement Services. The introduction of Workday finance suite in 2023 will require the Senior Sourcing Lead to gain a full understanding of the reports available again via training. The knowledge of key accounting systems is crucial in the coordination of spend-analysis projects, in understanding the extent of content output and the associated timescales involved in producing reports.
Develop a full understanding of SSM’s P2P contract management software (Jaggear/Bravo) to enable detailed reviews of contracts, to build contracts, review and formally evaluate RFIs and RFPs, to monitor individual performance (accuracy, productivity, progress and compliance) and to be able to obtain relevant/key reports.
Actively bring experience-based suggestions and challenges to processes and strategies
Provide key support in helping SSM achieve its prime objective of being trusted partners to AQA colleagues, providing procurement expertise in support of business objectives and requirements.

Need to Know (to be successful in this role, you will need to know):

Have a strong procurement background and qualified to at least CIPS4
Confidence in dealing with a cross-section of sectors and suppliers including Technology/IT, Facilities, HR, Marketing, Events and Operations
Ability to engage with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders influencing at all levels
Strong planning, management and leadership skills demonstrating a positive attitude to change
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Highly organised and an excellent planner
Ability to see ways to capitalise on opportunities and deliver quick but sound business benefits
Experience in providing advice and guidance to senior managers on procurement related matters, acting as an expert point of reference
Confident in balancing strategic and operational demands
Results focused and able to make pragmatic decisions whilst delivering at pace.
Self-motivated with the proven ability to achieve performance objectives and exceed expectations
Good interpersonal skills and willing to make a positive contribution to the Team, Department and company's culture
Able to motivate and support staff to achieve their targets as well as being a good role model 

The tasks will involve work on the companies' computer system and communication with their sales team and trade suppliers. Working alongside the Senior Purchasing Executive, training on their specific Sage accounts system will be provided, but familiarity with MS Office and computers is essential.

Daily tasks will include:

* Procurement administration
* Preparation and sending of orders across to suppliers
* Liaising with our sales team
* Call handling
* Daily/weekly/monthly report running

For this role you will need to:

* Be able to multitask
* Be confident in your customer service abilities
* Be organised and have high levels of attention to detail
* Have solid Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Word and Outlook
* Be able to communicate confidently and professionally
* Be able to work on a variety of tasks in a structured, thorough and efficient manner
* Be comfortable being in an environment where priorities can change quickly, you will need to adapt to support the needs of the business as necessary
* Be able to take responsibility for all tasks undertaken and see them through to completion


The benefits:

* Pension
* Option to join company Health Insurance Scheme
* 22 days holiday + Bank holidays
* Fun staff social days/nights
* Pizza Fridays once a month
* Parking
* Monday - Friday Working week

If you feel like this could be the perfect role for If you, we would love to hear from you, so please get in touch with us today!



Regards,
Adrian

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

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