Procurement Manager

Crawley Permanent Competitive 15-06-2023
Job Details Salary: Competitive Hours: 37.5 per week, Mon - Fri Location: Crawley, West Sussex - three days per week / flexible Contract: Permanent Closing Date: Thursday 15 June 2023
In a nutshell At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.
Our Procurement Managers play a pivotal part in leading key procurement activities, successfully securing the supply of goods and services for Virgin Atlantic's requirements, and optimising commercial outcomes whilst mitigating risk.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to engage with the business to support the creation and delivery of strategies for specific spend categories, using business input, market research and analysis of spend data.
Day to day

• Some of the key responsibilities as procurement manager include:
• Responsible for conducting detailed analysis of category spend and volume information, supporting strategic and operational procurement.
• Conduct core procurement plans and processes to deliver business objectives and commercial gain
• Research and evaluate options for supply through selection of suppliers, conducting tenders and supplier negotiations
• Drafting, negotiating and implementing robust commercial contracts
• Maintain positive and productive partnership at all levels, within the categories you're aligned to and more broadly across the organisation
• Raise awareness of Procurement's role and capabilities, educating business owners on the opportunities and benefits of a strategic focus on purchasing activity
• Encourage business partners to actively contribute to the sourcing process, fully understanding their roles and responsibilities and input where relevant.
• Advise business partners on how to actively performance manage suppliers against core metrics to drive improvements and efficiencies
• Develop expertise in your allocated category area - understanding market forces, cost drivers and what motivates suppliers in order to drive the ongoing cost-effectiveness of these products and services.

About you We're seeking someone with strong interpersonal and influencing skills who is able to build and maintain outstanding relationships.
In addition to the above, we are looking for:

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  High level of procurement purchasing experience in a Legal, Supply Chain or Business Management area
• Confident in researching, assimilating and processing data from a range of sources
• Sound knowledge of contract law and negotiating sophisticated commercial deals with large supplier organisations
• Experienced with web-enabled procurement tools
• Knowledge of procurement within the aerospace industry is ideal
• If all of this sounds exciting, then we would love to hear from you!

Be yourself Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.
To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you'd like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitment@fly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we've got your individual considerations covered.