EDS Procurement Specialist - 39520 £41.45/hr Umbrella (inside IR35) Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire (hybrid) 12 month initial contract Reporting to the Global Commodity Leader, you will have Global responsibility for specific EDS (Electrical Distribution System) commodities within the company. In your first few weeks in this EDS Procurement Specialist role, you can expect to: Utilise your experience to analyse, define, and implement market and sourcing strategies for your designated commodities. Lead the Global sourcing activity through the Global Sourcing Process (GSP) up to contract award SCPA Lead the development of the supplier and internal stakeholder relationships to ensure strategic and programme alignment. Manage suppliers within your designated commodities, responsible for Supplier Business Reviews Support and work closely with the Regional Delivery teams and engage with specialists within the Purchasing Function as required to ensure optimum value creation and delivery for the company To apply for this EDS Procurement Specialist role, your soft skills, expertise, and experience should include: Experience of automotive procurement, ideally with electrical or high voltage EDS (Electrical distribution systems) within a pre-production SOP/Job 1 environment. Management of supplier relationships, both tactical and strategic. A strong communicator and negotiator with the ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders to influence - ability and experience to lead cross functional negotiations with suppliers. Strong MS Excel / PowerPoint experience, able to assess large commercial data sets with ease. Extracting key messages to A) Recommend a negotiation/strategy, B) Summarise commercial information (Cost, investment, tooling submissions from suppliers) information into internal strategic recommendations and updates. Delivering complex supply chain solutions in a fast paced, high pressured manufacturing environment Experience within automotive / electrical is desirable and candidates with strong experience within purchasing or new business award/sourcing would also be considered from other industries such as retail/FMCG etc. To apply for this contract EDS Procurement Specialist job in Warwick, please contact Jonathan Lee Recruitment today. Please refer any friends or colleagues for this role or direct them to our Careers page on our website. Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency. In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included