Procurement Manager

With a mandate to create class leading capability, Procurement is an establishing function within Hyperoptic. As such we are looking for a developing Procurement professional to join our team and support our Procurement categories. With foundational Procurement experience, or potentially with industry experience and looking to change roles, the successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting our Category Manager Heads in identifying, formalising and negotiating the great opportunities we have to leverage our supply base and formalise our spend. Also integral to the role will be active input and ownership of the activities required to make Hyperoptic Procurement class leading. This will be an exciting role for a developing Procurement Manger, in that there will be an exposure to many categories across the business. A background, or Knowledge of Marketing and Technology will be advantageous. What will you be doing? Supporting the successful delivery of the category plan and category priorities by:

• Acting as a direct and knowledgeable point of contact between Procurement and wider business stakeholders, to help ensure priorities are agreed and delivered to, in alignment with the category Head
• Owning a subset of suppliers within the category and managing according to Hyperoptic Procurement standards
• Onboarding new category suppliers and ensuring operational supplier issues are owned within Procurement
• Ensuring quality and timeliness of approval processes
• Liaising within Procurement operations and our legal function to ensure database integrity and completeness, to reduce risk
• Liaising with P2P and AP functions in support of supplier-specific queries
• Supporting with the finalising of contracts and supporting supplier negotiation on major agreements
• Helping to run tender and supplier evaluation activities
• Contributing to the on-going development of Procurement and Procurement process
  
  Academic background (minimum Bachelor), preferably with CIPs accreditation
• Procurement or industry sector experience
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience of ERP software is an advantage, specifically SAP
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to multitask and work in fast-paced environment
  
  We're in our customer's corner and our vision is to be the UK's most loved and desired broadband provider, that shows the way broadband is done!
Awarded Broadband Provider of the Year 2023 Uswitch Telecoms Awards, as voted for by 20,000 customers, plus Fair Terms Gold Award 2023. We're also very proud to have been awarded Great Place to Work Certification (2022-23) and UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing (2022)

Whatever we're doing - whether we're liaising with property professionals, delivering our network, or installing in a customer's home, going beyond the expected is the benchmark for everything we do. How we work is shaped by our three culture principles:
• We work smarter, together
• We stay focused
• We strive for excellence
Some of our key Benefits
• Competitive salary
• Global Remote working for up to 2 week per year for those who are able to work remotely
• 25 days' paid holiday increasing each year, to a max of 35
• Extra days off for your birthday, moving home, wedding/civil partnership and to volunteer
• Private medical Insurance provided by AXA health
• Life assurance giving you cover of 4 times your base salary
• Partnership with the Kings Trust
• Our pension scheme matches your contributions up to 4%
• Retail offers - discounts from hundreds of recognisable brands
• Free Hyperoptic broadband if you live in a Hyperoptic area
• Enhanced pay for new parents