Senior Procurement Specialist

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:
- interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.- Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.- Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the role:
Our Global Procurement Team support the wider business in the procuring of goods and /or services to enable the organisation’s day to day operations. Using effective business partnering we support the delivery of commercial value whilst achieving improved service and effective risk management within the supply chain.

Occupying a key position in the Procurement team, you will need to develop an understanding of our business and our suppliers in order to maximise performance and efficiencies. You need the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the Aberdeen organisation and with external third-party suppliers.

We are looking for you to map the current and future spend, conducting analysis of spend, scanning the market, challenging the status quo and looking at how the provided services can be delivered more efficiently and effectively.

Key Responsibilities:
- Support the execution of procurement plans across in-scope expenditure, consistent with Aberdeen’s Procurement strategy and business requirements- Meet the needs of Aberdeen in terms of security of supply and regulatory compliance, quality, service, continuous improvement and delivery of best value- Develop and support the implementation of procurement systems and solutions to address business requirements and challenges whilst maximising value and ensuring delivery of breakthrough results.- Lead high level procurement initiatives including Tenders, RFP’s and negotiations, using appropriate procurement systems with legal and business participation.- Provide SME procurement input and expertise to contribute to, and enable, the development of Category Strategies- Work with the Global Head of Strategic Sourcing and the Global Head of Procurement Compliance & Governance to collaborate and engage with key business stakeholders in Aberdeen.- Work with the Global Head of Strategic Sourcing and the Global Head of Procurement Compliance & Governance to manage relationships with key suppliers, to ensure effective supplier and contract management to drive the maximum value- Understand regulatory requirements and supplier business strategies to support in the effective management of Third-Party risk.- Keep abreast of developments within supply markets to enable competitive analysis and support in the development of risk management and mitigation plans- Keep abreast of current procurement techniques and use and deploy them, as appropriate, to ensure areas of responsibility are at the forefront of modern thinking, and proactively support the further development of the Global Procurement function

Skills and Experience:
- Experience within in a fast-paced Global Procurement Environment is essential- Excellent negotiating and influencing skills- Developed interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at a senior level.- Demonstrated skill in engaging and managing customers and partners successfully- Technologically literate - proven ability to optimise outcomes by demonstrating the use of sourcing tools & technology and automated processes.- Financially literate - able to understand profit & loss accounts and balance sheets, and understand the importance and impact of cash flow within our business- Ability to challenge the status quo and see the comprehensive view of the bigger picture.

Our benefits

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