Strategic Procurement Manager
3 days ago
Estimated Salary: Up to £75K + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits
About the Role: We are seeking an experienced professional with a track record of driving commercial efficiency and performance from BPO contracts. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of supplier risk and relationship management, as well as experience in managing outsourced/BPO suppliers in Print, Marketing, and Communications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute clear supplier strategies (commercial, contractual, and risk) for our defined BPO service supplier.
- Ensure contractual obligations, procurement policy, and business unit objectives are met and evidenced through regular routines.
- Contribute to the establishment of future transformation capability required to improve, digitize, and automate services in line with regulatory guidelines.
Requirements:
- Demonstrates a depth of SRM or Vendor Management experience, with knowledge and awareness of EBA and PRA regulations.
- Extensive experience in managing outsourced/BPO suppliers in Print, Marketing, and Communications.
- Able to apply knowledge of the UK outsourcing market to develop the supplier relationship strategy, balancing external trends against business objectives and desired customer outcomes.
- Experience of driving performance in line with contractual KPI's and SLA's.
- Experience of 3rd Party Risk (TP) - in accordance with Group Outsourcing Risk Policy.
- Ideally Degree qualified.
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