Rentokil Initial is an international business services company employing over 40,000 colleagues across more than 80 countries. Our mission is to protect people and enhance lives, for example by controlling pests to ensure safer foods and medicines, improving hygiene in schools and enhancing interior office and retail spaces with plants and scenting. We are global leaders and experts in the fields we operate in, investing in training, science, innovation and technology. Listening and acting on feedback is part of our culture to support colleagues and our customers. Rentokil Initial regards equality and fairness as a fundamental right of all of its colleagues. We live our values of Service, Relationships and Teamwork which were identified by our colleagues across the world.
At Rentokil Initial, our ambition is to become a world-class employer of choice. We believe that by doing what's right for our colleagues we will in turn deliver a brilliant service for our customers and ultimately create shareholder value. This is at the heart of our RIGHT WAY plan.
Creating a diverse and gender balanced workforce is part of putting this plan into action. We value diversity and inclusion and Rentokil Initial is committed to treating all colleagues with fairness, dignity and respect. As a responsible business we have mitigated 100% of our carbon footprint through the work of climate change charity Cool Earth.
The Rentokil Initial family of businesses: Rentokil Pest Control is the world’s leading commercial pest control company, operating in 80 countries and ranked in the top 3 in 65 of those countries. We also have specialist businesses such as Initial Hygiene, Initial Workwear, Ambius, Medical Services, Specialist Hygiene and Property Care, which lead their respective fields. Across all of our operations globally, we have a positive reputation amongst our customers for our knowledge and integrity. We have central support functions of Human Resources, IT, Finance, Legal and Marketing amp; Innovation in the Rentokil Initial Head Office locations and in country. Working within our functions departments, you would be supporting all of our business globally
Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
To support and lead a variety of indirect procurement projects using all methods available from quick benchmarking to full structured RFP. Complete market research to keep up to date on changing product trends, innovation, price movements and legislative requirements. Analysis of category spend data to identify critical suppliers and potential cost saving opportunities. Respond to ad-hoc work and managing appropriate stakeholders as defined by the Global Category governance models. Collate key supplier and contract performance measurement data, while mitigating risk and drive continuous improvement.
Specific Tasks:
Key Skills amp; Abilities
Specific Experience
Previous experience in procurement of:
Qualifications
CIPs accreditation (working towards or qualified preferred)
Good capability in the use of key tools within the Microsoft Office suite
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field (not essential)
Benefits