Property – Eurostar Vacancies In Bicester

Overview

Position Title: Property

Company: Eurostar

Location: Bicester, UK

Job Description:

Together as the Eurostar Family, Eurostar and Thalys aim to grow an environmentally friendly high speed rail travel company connecting major cities across Northern Europe. The combined Group’s ambition is to achieve the highest operational and environmental standards, leveraging mutual resources (fleets, as well as information and distribution systems) and offering customers an attractive and more environmentally friendly alternative to road and air transpor

Responsibilities: 

• Champion and increase awareness of Procurement best practices and facilitate change throughout the business.
• Lead contract negotiations and develop negotiation plans
• category through sourcing, specification rationalisation, demand management
• Develop a strategic category plan, which has a clear savings opportunity scope
• Act as point of contact for category expertise across Eurostar
• Lead tender processes
• Support the internal customers in managing and monitoring the contractual performance of strategic suppliers
• Develop and manage relationships with stakeholders across the business
• Identify opportunities to deliver value within the facility management, property and infrastructure
  Establish project charter, timelines, and milestones, and ensure the project team delivers against these objectives

Reqirements:

• Ability to think strategically
• Influencing skills for a dispersed stakeholder base
• Proven ability in delivering savings through driving strategic category planning
• Capable of building a strong rapport with stakeholders and suppliers at all levels
• Proven experience of sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management in a similar category
• Strong problem solving and analytical expertise
• Project management skills