Procurement Category Specialist

In this key role as Procurement Category Lead, you will manage 3rd party Service Providers to support business needs & will be responsible for end to end sourcing & onboarding activities across various categories of spend, using best practice category management processes to deliver value & savings stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing relationships with 3^rd Party Suppliers, Legal, Compliance, Risk, IT Security Build & foster relationships with key business stakeholders internally
• Lead delivery of the end-to-end execution of procurement process in line with company, a vendor risk framework and the CBI regulatory requirements.
• Lead RFx projects & subsequent Contract & Supplier negotiations, including commercial terms to secure the best value
• Negotiate & implement contracts for a variety of goods & services across a broad range of categories, & ensure compliance to the agreed service, performance, quality & delivery levels.
• Manage Supplier Relationships ensuring compliance to agreed service levels, performance quality & commercial terms.
• Analyse annual spend detail & identify cost savings opportunities
• Develop tools to support the Procurement team in analysing data & reporting tools for communicating with stakeholders

Qualifications

• 3-5 years Procurement experience (essential) preferably in a Financial Services organisation
• CIPS / IIPMM qualified (desirable)
• Proficient with MS Suite – Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Ability to execute projects from beginning to end with emphasis on attention to detail is key in this role
• Experience in summarising & presenting scope of work & supplier selection solutions to key stakeholders
• Experience in executing RFx documentation & building scoring matrices
• Ability to influence stakeholders & 3rd parties
• Strong people & stakeholder management skills & a consistent record of building strong internal business relationships at all levels
• Excellent business acumen & analytic capability
• Ability to work on own initiative

Super benefits package is on offer with hybrid working

Please contact Nicola to discuss