Graduate Assistant Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst

 

The role of a Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst is to provide commercial support to an infrastructure project. Your responsibility as a Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst, is to support the Procurement Lead or Manager in sourcing the client the best value solution to a requirement through the sustainable allocation of risk between a client organisation and its supply chain, to support the client in explore the market opportunities and to implement strategies and resultant processes that deliver the best possible procurement outcome to the clients organisation, its stakeholders and its customers.

 

Supplier Market Management (SMM) will also be integral to this role. SMM is a function that supports the entire project lifecycle. This is important from the initial project strategy development; to engaging and understanding the market’s appetite for future opportunities and continues throughout the procurement by understanding how Tier 1 contractors will support and engage the extended supply chain. This is critical in project delivery, to ensure market risks and potential constraints are analysed, captured and communicated to all stakeholders with the aim of supporting and preventing risks from materialising which can impact the overarching projects delivery against time, quality and cost.

 

Role Overview:

As a Procurement and Supply Chain Analyst, you will be working towards Chartered membership of a professional body while also gaining valuable work experience. You will be working towards becoming a professional with expert knowledge of procurement and supplier market management (SMM).  

The role will be varied as the Procurement and Supply Chain team are engaged across numerous programmes and sectors,  the actual experience gained will be dependent on the team and sector you are working in. You will join the G&T Chartership Programme: Graduate pathway to ensure you can relate the theoretical aspects of your studies to actual work experience.

 

Working within a team, you will be assisting your Line Manager with various aspects of daily project work. This role will be expected to work with a certain level of autonomy while also knowing when to discuss and ask questions to ensure the best outcome.

 

You will be building a solid knowledge base of your role, the firm and the industry, and how they all fit together.