Procurement Specialist

5 hours ago

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom GRG Executive Search Full time
Procurement Manager Role

The successful candidate will join a leading privately owned organisation with a strong employer brand and loyal customer base. This hybrid position involves periodic travel to Central London.

Key Responsibilities
  • Advising stakeholders on procurement processes and owning the end-to-end procurement process in line with relevant policies.
  • Enabling stakeholders to draft statements of requirements and engaging vendors in a structured manner to ensure the best outcomes in terms of service quality and value for money.
  • Proactively seeking and executing strategies for cost reduction and cost avoidance.
  • Managing contractual and commercial negotiations with vendors by building and managing cross-functional teams where required.
  • Assisting the Group Procurement Director in advising group companies and managing compliance with the Group Procurement Policy.
  • Managing the post-contract governance process for mid-range suppliers and providing assistance to the Group Procurement Director where required in managing governance frameworks with strategic suppliers.
Requirements
  • Demonstrable Procurement experience in a global business.
  • Experience of successfully conducting a range of negotiations across a range of procurement categories, especially IT and Tech.
  • An ability to assess and appreciate risk in procurement and vendor relationships, and the experience to proactively manage and mitigate risk.
  • Ability to manage RFx and present sourcing recommendations for approval at an Executive level.
  • Contract lifecycle management (including vendor management processes).
  • Ability to build relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, and an ability to influence.
  • An understanding of FCA and SOx regulations would be an advantage.
  • The ability to commute to Central London on a periodic basis.

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