Procurement Manager, Global Enterprise Technology

2 months ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom dentsu Full time

Job Title:

Procurement Manager, Global Enterprise Technology

Job Description:

Dentsu is a global network of agencies that helps clients navigate the complexities of the modern business landscape. As a Procurement Manager, Global Enterprise Technology, you will play a critical role in driving the strategic procurement of Enterprise Technology spend on a global basis.

Purpose of the Role:

This exciting role will involve taking individual ownership of the strategic procurement of selected Enterprise Technology spend on a global basis. You will work closely with internal business leaders to deliver value-add Procurement solutions that drive commercial outcomes and service improvements in line with our dentsu strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic procurement ownership of select spend within Enterprise Technology (End User Computing, Tech Ops, Cloud Infrastructure & Cyber Security).
  • Strong collaboration with internal business leaders to deliver value-add Procurement solutions.
  • Commercial negotiation of agreements across the globe, whilst balancing global, regional and cross brand challenges & needs.
  • Management and delivery of global contract renewals.
  • For strategic suppliers, supporting the business with contract and performance management, and implementing supplier relationship management (SRM) techniques to deliver business benefit.
  • Work alongside the Sustainable Procurement manager to develop initiatives, engage with suppliers on sustainability issues, and drive dentsu's award-winning sustainability agenda.
  • Lead and deliver, for specialist areas, all business-as-usual activity such as supplier selection, supplier set-up, implementation of contract terms, negotiation strategies and business improvement plans.
  • Work with a range of exciting technology vendors – portfolio includes Microsoft, Google, Cisco, AWS and Atlassian.
  • Proactively identify risks, budgetary implications and mitigating measures for the project and presentation to board/executive level.
  • Line management responsibility.

Qualifications + Skills:

  • End to end knowledge of 3rd party vendor engagement with demonstrated delivery against the strategic sourcing process.
  • Strong understanding of and experience with technology/SaaS procurement, including commercial and contractual negotiations.
  • Sound understanding of complex license models & cloud architecture and cost models.
  • Proven experience of working with global, market leading technology vendors.
  • Global and/or multi-country procurement experience.
  • Sound knowledge of contractual law, financial reporting and modelling principles.
  • People management experience.
  • Preferable to be working towards or be CIPS / MCIPS qualified.

What we offer:

  • This role is a 12-month FTC.
  • The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements.
  • As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity:

Dentsu is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse culture that enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. We welcome applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.



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