Procurement Officer

About the Role

Base Location: Glasgow

Salary: £39,415 – £45,136 + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £20.5 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that’s more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come.

Join us on our journey to net zero and help us power change.

About the Role

Working within the Procurement Operations Team you will be responsible for the delivery of tactical sourcing and contract administration. You will be in the unique position of facing off to procurement and logistics colleagues in the wider team, internal business customers and external suppliers.

The key responsibilities in this role will be:

– To undertake the procurement of goods, works and services to support all Business Units within the organisation, aiming to reduce contract costs.

– Via our Jaggaer Sourcing to Contract System you will conduct sourcing events in line with Category Sourcing Strategies and all relevant procurement policies and procedures.

– Processing Orders and Agreements in our Oracle Purchasing System.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

– A good knowledge and understanding of the supply chain process, procurement process and procurement systems and experience of conducting sourcing events from requests to contract placement.

– An Understanding how to draft, review and negotiate contracts. Experience of using various forms of contract such as NEC suite or similar preferred.

– A sound commercial awareness with high attention to detail especially within numeracy and accuracy.

– Excellent communication skills and strong problem-solving abilities and have excellent organisational skills and should be a good team player.

– Demonstrable stakeholder engagement and management skills are essential.

About our Business

At SSE, we own more than 500 property assets and several thousand land assets, which are located across the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland. Our Procurement & Commercial, Property and Facilities Management teams are responsible for helping the business to procure services and materials in a timely and cost-effective way, and for ensuring SSE offers a safe, modern, fit-for-purpose property portfolio. We work right across the SSE Group, ensuring our businesses gets the best possible service and value from our supplier network, as well as ensuring all service providers are compliant and continue to meet contractual obligations and business need.

What’s in it for you?

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE‘ to find out more.

What happens now?

All applications should be made online, and I’ll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Fran on 01738 344763.

Before commencing your role with SSE, you’ll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.