Procurement & Optimisation Specialist
Title: Procurement & Optimisation Specialist
Hours: Full-time
Location: Grangemouth
Salary: Competitive
Contract type: Permanent
ABOUT US
Are you in?
A truly global company, INEOS comprises of 36 businesses with 194 sites in 29 countries throughout the world. We also encompass a range of consumer brands and sports interests.
INEOS Grangemouth is an integrated refinery and petrochemicals centre of excellence. We are the largest manufacturing site in Scotland. Click here to find out more Grangemouth | INEOS.
We pride ourselves in offering a working environment that is friendly and welcoming, that offers employees true autonomy and empowerment and that enables everyone to achieve their goals and to have a fulfilling professional career with us. At Grangemouth and across the wider INEOS family, there are always opportunities.
Our aim, as always, is to find new, improved ways of doing things. Whether that’s through improving the energy efficiency of our plants, developing new ways of working or delivering on our net zero promises, we like to push boundaries and overcome challenges.
If you share our vision for a sustainable future; if you possess the skills and competencies to help deliver our net zero road map; if you want to play your part in the remarkable next step the UK petrochemical sector, we’d like to hear from you.
ABOUT OUR OPPORTUNITY
To develop and lead supply chain procurement and project opportunities in order to meet the logistics service requirements for the business at minimum cost. Responsibilities include:
- Lead procurement sourcing strategies for specific logistics activities and negotiate appropriate service requirements at the best possible cost in order to support the business EBITDA targets
- Lead tender and negotiations for polymer requirements in order to deliver appropriate service requirements for the business at minimum costs
- Develop vendor relationships including contract management of vendors within area of responsibility in order to ensure that the expectations in the contracts are met
- Lead, develop and support logistics projects aimed at either improving service or reducing cost to continually improve the supply chain
- Own and be responsible for all pricing information for logistic provider rates to allow logistic providers to be appointed at short notice for urgent operations
- Own and be responsible for quarterly and monthly adjustments as per Supply Chain contracts with 3rd party suppliers
- Provide monthly statistics in line with year-to-date vendor spend data
- Create and maintain comprehensive project and procurement contracts documentation to enable easy access by management
- Review, develop and submit the O&P Variable Distribution Costs annual budget for Polymers
- Line manage the Logistics Financial Coordinator
ABOUT YOU
You should:
- Be proficient with IT, specifically Excel, for developing applications specific to logistics
- Influence decisions across different businesses and disciplines
- Interact with multi-national teams and 3rd party suppliers
- Identify issues and propose solutions, supported by data and analysis
You may also:
- University degree qualification in a technical/numeric discipline or equivalent experience with a track record in delivering value for the business
- Demonstrate commercial aptitude, developed within a relevant business environment
- Substantial knowledge of olefins and polymers products and logistics operations
- Understand the principles of product supply and demand
- Significant understanding of supply chain requirements and expertise in delivering value adding solutions
- Excellent SAP knowledge/understanding
- Experience of 3rd party relationships and ability to maximise value from 3rd parties within contractual boundaries
- Strong understanding of business and financial processes and their interaction and dependencies with Supply Chain processes
- Experience in managing vendor data and setting up of off-site operations for logistics
- Excellent judgement when making commercial decisions
- Strong business sense – able to influence within the business environment
- Strong supply chain HSE knowledge
- A strong background in business skills, budgeting, problem solving and analysis
- Negotiation skills, communication, managing relationships, teamwork
WHAT WE OFFER
- 34 days holiday
- Benefits Platform – access to discounts on high street stores, discounted PMI, travel insurance, etc
- Up to 20% discretionary bonus opportunity
- Scottish Widows contributory pension including employer contributions
- Free on-site gym
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Salary Sacrifice Car and Cycle to Work Schemes
- Ongoing career development
HOW TO APPLY
Application Process
Interested candidates should submit their CV via our website ineosopportunities.co.uk
Pre-screen (If applicable)
Applicants with a successful CV may be invited to an online MS Teams or telephone call to further discuss the role, the organisation and your suitability.
Formal Interview
Successful applicants will then be invited to interview which will consist of behavioural and technical questions.
Provisional Offer
If you are selected as the preferred candidate you will receive a provisional offer which will be subject to a medical assessment and reference checks.
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