Principal Consultant SCM
TR/077649
Posted: 22/05/2025
- £500 per day
- England, South East, Greater London, London
- Contract
We have a current opportunity for a Principal Consultant SCM on a temporary basis for an energy operator. The position will be based in London with a hybrid system allowing several days a week WFH.
12 months +
Responsible for providing strategic as well as operational procurement and contract management in line with category strategies. The process includes ensuring compliance with corporate governance, mandates, laws, and regulations through development and documentation of scopes, specific procurement strategies, sourcing, tendering, evaluation, contract negotiations, approvals, award, contract management, handling of claims and warranties, and purchasing. Effective project and stakeholder management through collaboration and clear roles and responsibilities with customers, decision makers, suppliers, and partners. The outcomes are commercial and effective contracts and procedures serving timely, cost-effective and sustainable supply of goods and services to the business.
Requirements:
• Procurement activities related to establishing and managing agreements. Ensure safety, security and sustainability in procurement. • Establish agreement: Establish Specific Procurement Strategies according to business need, relevant Category Strategies and market input Produce and issue request for information (RFI) • Establish bidders list • Prepare evaluation procedures • Establish, issue and manage enquiries • Handle bid clarifications and conduct bid clarification meetings • Plan and conduct negotiations • Perform evaluation and agreement award, including partner approval • Agreement start-up activities, including: - Implement contract(s) in all systems (Plan-to-Pay) - Give input to risk-based follow-up plan, to ensure agreement understanding and compliance •Manage performance and relations, including: - Safeguard correct use of the contract and follow up of KPIs (Key performance Index) - Ensure SOX-control - Handle contractual issues, change in agreement, including Variation order requests (VOR), variation orders (VO), amendments, Options, Request for rate adjustments - Perform cancellation and termination of contract - Perform internal and external stakeholder management as well as supplier relations management
For further information about this position please apply.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
12 months +
Responsible for providing strategic as well as operational procurement and contract management in line with category strategies. The process includes ensuring compliance with corporate governance, mandates, laws, and regulations through development and documentation of scopes, specific procurement strategies, sourcing, tendering, evaluation, contract negotiations, approvals, award, contract management, handling of claims and warranties, and purchasing. Effective project and stakeholder management through collaboration and clear roles and responsibilities with customers, decision makers, suppliers, and partners. The outcomes are commercial and effective contracts and procedures serving timely, cost-effective and sustainable supply of goods and services to the business.
Requirements:
• Procurement activities related to establishing and managing agreements. Ensure safety, security and sustainability in procurement. • Establish agreement: Establish Specific Procurement Strategies according to business need, relevant Category Strategies and market input Produce and issue request for information (RFI) • Establish bidders list • Prepare evaluation procedures • Establish, issue and manage enquiries • Handle bid clarifications and conduct bid clarification meetings • Plan and conduct negotiations • Perform evaluation and agreement award, including partner approval • Agreement start-up activities, including: - Implement contract(s) in all systems (Plan-to-Pay) - Give input to risk-based follow-up plan, to ensure agreement understanding and compliance •Manage performance and relations, including: - Safeguard correct use of the contract and follow up of KPIs (Key performance Index) - Ensure SOX-control - Handle contractual issues, change in agreement, including Variation order requests (VOR), variation orders (VO), amendments, Options, Request for rate adjustments - Perform cancellation and termination of contract - Perform internal and external stakeholder management as well as supplier relations management
For further information about this position please apply.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Ian Hunter
Principal Recruitment Consultant
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