Key accountabilities
Provides procurement support to specific bids in line with the SMS (Serco Management System) and Serco’s Bid Methodology. Provides the key interface between a specific Bid Team and the relevant Category team within Global Procurement.
Responsible within a bid team for interpreting and helping facilitate the thinking around client requirements, assisting estimators with estimating the volumes and benchmarking the price of outsource service lines; assisting solutions developers in clarifying client requirements into specifications for suppliers; obtaining & negotiating suppliers’ commercial proposals whilst managing contractual risks; and delivering to client timescales.
Where appropriate, and with legal support, manages the offsetting of customer-imposed risks by flowing-down terms to suppliers through the development of appropriate contractual agreements.
Ensures bid alignment with Serco’s evolving procurement category strategies.
What we are looking for in our candidates:
Ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders, developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across a complex matrix organisation.
Ability to manage the ambiguities that are often a feature of bids and to differentiate between the “vital few” and the “trivial many” issues and act accordingly.
Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal.
Flexible and calm under pressure with the ability to manage changing priorities.
Specific requirements
Minimum 5 years of experience in Procurement preferably in the Facilities Management sector.
Holder of a Bachelor’s Degree or post-graduate qualification (e.g. MSc/MBA) or a professional qualification such as MCIPS.
Experience of working in Procurement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is preferable.
Ability to communicate in the spoken and written Arabic will be an advantage.
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