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This position will be working the standard 35 hour week Monday Thursday 08:00 till 16:15 and Friday 08:00 till 13:00. The hourly pay rate for this position would be between £17 - £20.00 depending on experience Role Description: Within EADS General Procurement (EGP), the jobholder is performing strategic procurement activities within the Sub Commodity, with a national and trans-divisional approach taking into account the UK EADS perimeter. Main activities: Drive compliant General Procurement processes Lead cross-functional project teams within the framework of national procurement projects, contribute to the control of the demand, challenge and approve the specifications and run the suppliers selection processes. Negotiate, establish and implement national frame contracts. Follow-up contracts with contract reviews with Business internal customer base and suppliers, based on consistent and factual KPIs, evaluate and improve suppliers performance in terms of time, costs and quality. Assess suppliers overall performance and the impact of weak performance on Business; and initiate recovery actions when necessary. Provide rules and process information to Business Operations to ensure correct execution of transactional procurement activities to full customer satisfaction. Participate in the definition of national, trans-divisional procurement strategies by providing benchmark, costing and make or buy analysis. Monitor savings linked to demand management and procurement performance; contribute to secure and achieve Business Savings Programmes commitments. Candidate profile: Educational Qualification: Business school or engineering graduate with good business or procurement knowledge Languages: French and English (negotiation level), German & Spanish (of advantage, but not mandatory) Professional skills: Excellent(project) leadership skills to motivate multi-functions teams in situations of often conflicting objectives (internal customer, supplier, budget) and to perform procurement projects / call for tenders. Advanced negotiation skills Good knowledge about procurement contract Business analytical skills Behavioural skills: Teamwork and transparency Strong adherence to ethics & compliance Customer focused and solution oriented, while putting business overall interest first Solution oriented work style. Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment Blue Arrow managed services Blue Arrow is one of the UK`s largest recruitment businesses, dedicated to providing bespoke staffing solutions through a network of over 80 specialist branches and on-site locations. For over 50 years, our priority has been to work in partnership to secure long term relationships with our clients and candidates.

Blue Arrow provides an extended range of permanent and temporary recruitment services to a variety of public and private sector clients in the following areas:

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