Senior Procurement Specialist

3 months ago


Renfrew, United Kingdom SD Worx Full time

SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and an office in Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life. So, companies of any size can turn Human Resources into a source of value for the business and the people in it. Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from getting people paid to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. Are you ready to join us?

What do we have to offer?

You will be based in Glasgow as part of the international team, providing support to the global category managers, specifically bringing a level of knowledge and passion towards technology procurement.

But also:
An attractive salary based on your experience and achievement. And the freedom to compose your personal benefit package.

A dynamic environment: flexible working hours and working from home - everything is negotiable

Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training

Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field our you want to expand your knowledge more horizontally, there is always room to grow within SD Worx

What do you have to offer?

An all round passion for and be able to self-manage. Evidence of having undertaken an end to end sourcing process (RFI/RFX) is a must. The ability to implement a negotiation strategy and execute a basic contract negotiation is also a requirement.

But also:

- Technology procurement background essential, experienced in sourcing, optimizing and managing contracts.
- The ability to lead an RFI, RFP process including the management of stakeholders within the process.
- Knowledge of Procurement tools: spend analysis, P2P buying channels, specifically SAP4Hana
- Track record of delivering savings, and experience of leading a negotiation.
- Good analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Action oriented and solution minded team player with high degree of self-management.
- Excellent English-written and spoken.
- Ability to execute a basic contract negotiation - knowledge of legal terms and concession points.
- Any other relevant language skills of benefit

Which task can you expect?
- Providing backup for tier 2 (€20k-€100k projects) technology and other indirect projects within internal and customer technology groups, including data and insights, datacenters, networking, telephony, licensing.
- Basic knowledge of data protection and the required due diligence required in the sourcing process
- Providing support with governance processes between the procurement team and legal, including the funneling of contracts and chasing, expediting requests.
- Providing administrative support to the category managers, including renewal management and support building category plans.
- Liaising with the centralized P2P team in Glasgow, and providing an interface with the corporate team, looking for improved processes where possible.
- Assure achieving compliance targets with policies, strategies and processes
- Strive to meet the mutually agreed Procurement targets contributing to the overall budget targets.
- Drive supplier selection and fact based negotiations.
- Lead contract implementation and drive contract compliance.
- Importantly, manage the stakeholders, enhance and develop relationships, and ensure we act in a joined up way to the rest of the business.

From many places, we work as one, moving from better to best together.



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