Procurement Specialist

Job Description

This role is an opportunity to join our growing Europe & India Regional Procurement team at an exciting time, as we prepare to expand in to project procurement.

The team is responsible for supporting the Global Business Lines in region to design robust procurement processes, and to implement them through our Coupa Source to Pay platform.

This vacancy is to support our teams in Europe, but you’ll have longer term opportunities to grow within a team that’s connecting our whole Europe and India business, and which works integrally with our global procurement function. You’ll be reporting to the Business Line Procurement Manager and working alongside Procurement Assistants who already support the team.

As a member of our Regional Procurement team, you’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting the teams to follow our procurement processes, to ensure that we’re buying ethically and efficiently whilst respecting clients’ needs and timescales.
• Category management for indirect procurement including IT peripherals and office supplies
• You’ll learn how we develop sourcing strategies and select and vet suppliers, and you’ll go on to implement that learning day to day with the teams.
• After training, you’ll start to support the teams in contracting suppliers directly on projects
• You’ll also be responsible for engaging our supply chain, and for working with them to deliver our commitment to leaving a Sustainable Legacy, and to being a Net Zero business by 2040.

Qualifications

We’re looking for candidates with strong communication skills, who can educate and influence others and who can lead discussions and resolve problems or conflict. You’ll also need to have the right work ethic, with a commitment to customer satisfaction, an eye for detail as you work through the commercial and legal offers from suppliers and the ability to see the bigger picture of how procurement can help deliver our strategic business priorities.

Location and Travel

You’ll be working with a team based out the East Midlands, and your role will initially be based mainly from home, working in the office 1-2 days a week. You’ll also need to be able to travel from time to time to meet the team.

Equal Opportunity

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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