Head of Strategic Sourcing Lead

8 hours ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom abrdn Full time

About the Role

The Head of Strategic Sourcing will lead the Procurement onshore team, developing and implementing strategic procurement and SRM strategies across designated categories and business divisions. This role will drive continuous improvements across the Procurement Team, contributing to the development and implementation of abrdn's procurement strategy, standards, tools, and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop the Procurement onshore team, ensuring all team members are competent and maintain the correct skills expected of a strategic procurement team.
  • Develop, implement, and lead strategic procurement and SRM strategies across designated categories and business divisions.
  • Drive continuous improvements across the Procurement Team, contributing to the development and implementation of abrdn's procurement strategy, standards, tools, and procedures.
  • Work closely with the Head of Procurement Compliance & Governance to ensure all group spend is maximised and third-party risk is managed on a group level.
  • Lead, develop, and implement innovative procurement solutions to address business requirements and challenges, maximising value and ensuring delivery of breakthrough results.
  • Lead and manage complex, high-value global sourcing initiatives, including complex negotiations, with in-depth legal and senior business management participation.
  • Lead and drive engagement with key senior business stakeholders, ensuring the procurement strategy supports and addresses their key department objectives and challenges.
  • Attend Senior Leadership Forums as required by the Head of Source to Pay.
  • Act as a key point of escalation internally and externally.
  • Keep updated in relation to strategic management, SRM, and procurement techniques to enable transformation, development, and continuous improvement of the Source to Pay Function.

Requirements

  • Extensive strategic procurement and supplier relationship management experience in multiple categories.
  • Proven experience of strategic results delivery under pressure.
  • Strong experience of successfully leading a team within a strategic procurement function and demonstrating strong management and organisational skills.
  • Experience of operating successfully at a senior management level, preferably within a complex, pan-global business.
  • Technologically literate, with a proven ability to optimise results by using sourcing tools & technology and automated processes.
  • Financially literate, able to understand profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, and the impact of cash flow.
  • Strong supplier management skills and a high level of ability to negotiate and influence at all levels.
  • High level of 'ownership' with an ability to think creatively, innovate, constructively challenge the status quo, and see the wider picture, developing innovative solutions to business problems, weighing up cost versus risk.
  • Excellent engagement skills, managing stakeholders at a senior and C-suite level, with the ability to market the services provided by procurement successfully to drive engagement.
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels, highly motivated, confident, credible, and trustworthy, with a strong sense of integrity.

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits, including 40 days annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare, and a range of flexible benefits, including gym discounts, season ticket loans, and access to an employee discount site, amongst many others.

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