Graduate - Procurement & Supply Chain - West Sussex

£20,000 - £35,000 + Benefits

Our client, a leading Utility company is looking to recruit a recent graduate, who has either done a placement year or internship within a Procurement or Supply Chain role. Our client will also consider a graduate with 12 months experience within a procurement & supply chain role with a view to fast-track your career. You will be joining an organisation that has being going through a transformation to drive change, which will provide leadership and development training throughout your career.

Role:

• Gather and analyse appropriate internal and external data and conduct in depth analysis to support the delivery of category/sub-category strategies
• Seek cost reductions through driving aggregation and standardisation, and identifying opportunities to reduce spot buys/tail spend
• Engage with the business to support procurement processes within the business, including early involvement of procurement in third party spend, and providing guidance, advice, and troubleshooting on procurement processes
• Deliver against financial target and KPIs, and ensure compliance with Procurement governance processes

Experience:

• Strong academic track record (Ideally Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Management of closely related degree subject)
• With good communication and data presentation skills plus ability to summarise key findings
• Who are good at problem-solving
• Ability to work alone, and/or with minimal guidance
• Permanent and unrestricted right to live and work in the UK

If you are interested in discussing the Graduate - Procurement & Supply chain role in more detail, either apply for the role below or email harry.creighton@1st-executive.com