Sourcing Manager

Marketing Sourcing ManagerBristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Halifax or Leeds / Hybrid6 months contract Salary from £65,000pa plus extensive benefits, details belowPontoon is an employment consultancy, we put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identifies, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.My client powers businesses of all sizes to make, take and manage payments. They are a global leader in financial technology with unique capabilities to power omni-commerce.Whether online, in store or mobile, they are at the heart of great commerce experiences in 146 countries and across 135 currencies. They help our customers become more efficient, more secure and more successful. They are looking for a Marketing Sourcing Manager to join the team on an initial 6 month with the potential to extend.You will be working Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, hybrid working being office based a minimum of 2 days a week.The role is based at the businesses offices at one of the above locations.In this role you will be involved in assisting in the development and delivery of category strategies and sourcing activities. You will also be managing the aggregate relationships with allocated suppliers to drive costs out, ensuring processes, systems & services are relevant to the business and deliver maximum value to the organisation.Key Accountabilities:Understand & implement category and sub-category strategies, providing input where required, reflecting market conditions whilst optimising total cost of ownership for the organisation.Act as a source of professional expertise in own field providing professional advice to key stakeholders and colleagues to promote sourcing best practice.Build and maintain internal/external network and relationships to provide appropriate professional advice to achieve the organisations objectives.Use own knowledge of the business and sourcing to identify, agree and implement best practice and opportunities for continuous improvementApply knowledge of contractual terms and conditions ensuring risk mitigation is embedded into supply contracts to provide high quality services to the organisation.Work collaboratively across the organisations sourcing to develop and implement the appropriate supplier governance structure ensuring effective contract handover.Ensure compliance to all sourcing policies, procedures and systems ensuring an efficient and auditable sourcing trail.Positively influence others by demonstrating the organisations core values and behaviours and where appropriate, manage, develop and motivate colleagues to support a high performing team.Manage self and, where appropriate, own team in the context of relevant risk policies and frameworksSkills and BackgroundExperience of working in a similar role, particularly covering marketing sourcing.Working knowledge of SAP Ariba.Strong communication skills.Able to negotiate and influence others.Experience of supporting and mentoring peers.Project experience.Good attention to detail, able to prioritise and adapt.Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply qualification an advantage.Previous experience of working within a finance or regulated setting would be an advantage.Please apply with an up-to-date CV which must show evidence of the above to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you.You will be an integral part of Ajilon (Adecco), a FTSE500 Global organisation with over 52 clients and sole supplier to the biggest organisations in the country and the world. You will be employed by ourselves as an Ajilon Consultant working onsite with our client where you will receive a regular salary, pension contributions, holiday and sick pay, plus a number of additional benefits such as medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life insurance, access to our discounted benefits website and library of online training materials and future career and certification opportunities. This great opportunity is being offered on a PAYE basis which means a LTD/Umbrella company cannot be used. We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.