Procurement Manager

3 weeks ago

Isleworth, United Kingdom Net2Source Global Workforce Solutions Ltd Full time

This role is an exciting opportunity to join us and work within our Group Procurement team. The Group Procurement Team was recognized for the fantastic results achieved through the recent transformational journey they have been on by CIPS and were shortlistedfor the "CIPS Procurement Team of the Year" award.
You will:
As Procurement Manager, you will be contributing the strategic sourcing direction for Enterprise Software related spend categories within Group Procurement function which operates across Group and now also Comcast/NBCU. The role will involve interaction withother departments at a global and local level including various Technology areas, Finance and Legal
- Working with the Global Software and Content Licensing Procurement team to assess and deliver against Group Procurement objectives across the Group/Comcast and NBCU.
- Ownership of the Procurement strategies for the agreed Software categories.
- Maintain senior stakeholder relationships, with appropriate regular communication, ensuring clear understanding and alignment between their strategic technology plans and Procurement’s direction.
- Build and maintain all other stakeholder relationships such that implementation of sourcing initiatives considers and supports their day-to-day objectives
- Be able to work closely with procurement and business colleagues across the wider Group, including teams in Italy, Germany and America.
- Provide strategic commercial input to a broad range of initiatives, including -wide cost-saving programmes
- Through liaising with the appropriate business areas, lead negotiations with key strategic suppliers at a global and local level driving the most benefit to.
- Demonstrating a flexible approach to driving financial and non-financial benefits to all business areas
- Understand the factors and challenges faced in the IT industry and be able to use this knowledge to introduce innovation and challenge current business processes.
- Be capable of evaluating all options against all relevant factors i.e., technical, commercial, logístical, risk etc and recommending the best option to the business
- Proactive investigation and value-driven expansion of Procurement involvement in further Software categories.
- Help develop and deliver procurement initiatives and best practice, including support for the wider Group procurement vision.
You’ll have:

- Proven Procurement experience specifically including the development of category plans and the data analysis to feed into the plans.
- Understanding of relevant Tech Stacks and how they align with business needs.
- Procurement processes, knowledge, and experience of running sourcing activities including RFPs
- Good understanding of, our platforms and products, and the wider competitive context within which the business operates
- Experience of working for a broadcaster/media company.
- Experience of working in a global / pan-European function, being able to manage varying demands and needs within a single project
Behavioural Competencies
- Highly motivated professional with a proactive approach
- Excellent relationship building/management skills
- Excellent negotiating skills and commercial acumen
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organisational and presentational skills
- Excellent prioritisation and project management skills
- Creative thinking - initiative and enthusiasm in finding new sourcing approaches to balance operational and commercial pressures
- Ability to put relevant structure around the decision-making process and ensure all options are understood in relation to the business requirements
- Ability to manage variety of projects and the associated expectations
- Display enthusiasm and self-motivation to overcome obstacles and demonstrate a positive approach in the face of difficulty whilst encouraging the same approach in others
- Long-term strategic vision / understanding to help balance immediate requirements against longer-term needs N/A
Technical skills
- Fluent in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.
- Web research
- Procurement tools and e-sourcing platforms, such as Ariba Cloud
- Knowledge of technical trends in key categories
Special characteristics
- Ability to connect with a very broad range of stakeholder personalities
- Eagerness to grow and develop.
- Evidence of Behaviours:

- Clear direction
- Doing the right thing
- Feedback & development - "Believe in Better"
- Empowerment
- Collaboration and teamwork

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