Procurement Excellence Lead

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Bramwith Consulting Full time

Procurement Excellence Lead – Global FMCG FTSE 100 – Hybrid Working

Bramwith Consulting is seeking an exceptional Procurement professional to support the Procurement Director in a broad standalone 'Chief of Staff' role. The Procurement Excellence Lead is a new position designed to provide strategic procurement leadership to the Procurement team, with the individual acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), coordinator and facilitator of category management, supplier management and sustainability activities in an SAP Ariba enabled Source to Pay (S2P) environment.

The purpose of the role is to ensure the effective transition of the Procurement's team to a strategic category management focused organisation. This will involve working with spend category aligned teams to eliminate, automate, shift, optimise and standardise activities across the end-to-end S2P process, managing related communications and changes to ways of working.

The role will be central to the review and development of our Group Procurement Policy, standards and operating procedures and will require close collaboration with Procurement spend category teams, Procurement Governance & Compliance, Group Shared Services and business stakeholders.

The role will also lead on Sustainability matters for the Indirect Procurement team.

Procurement Excellence Lead role overview:

  • Working with the Group Procurement Director to deliver the new organisation structure, in parallel supporting the continued evolution of the Procurement operating model.
  • Accelerating the adoption of category and supplier management, acting as our primary SME providing expertise and knowledge transfer whilst ensuring these activities are planned and prioritised. This includes supporting the development of capabilities across the wider team to enable these activities; designing and implementing associated processes and review mechanisms; raising the awareness of business stakeholders and setting targets and tracking the organisation's progress.
  • Developing and optimising clear, consistent procurement standards and ways of working across Procurement, in turn driving functional efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Enabling the achievement of Sustainability targets.
  • Leading the Group Procurement Training Academy, including the curating of content for both expert and business users alike.

Required background:

Experience which should include the following:

  • Operated at a senior level within a fast paced, complex organisation
  • Recognised expert in the procurement discipline
  • Deep knowledge of spend category management, supplier management, S2P process management, sustainability legislation and its application in a procurement setting
  • C-Level Stakeholder and cross-workstream management
  • A real interest in Sustainability
  • SAP Ariba experience is desirable but not a must have
  • Degree & MCIPS preferred

Key Skills and Qualifications:

  • Strategic procurement leadership
  • Category management expertise
  • Supplier management skills
  • Sustainability knowledge
  • C-Level stakeholder management
  • Process design and implementation
  • Training and development

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