Indirect Procurement Specialist 12 Month FTC
An opportunity for an Indirect Procurement specialist with a range of experience across Professional Services, HR, FM, and Marketing category spend to partner with key stakeholders across the business, supporting end-to-end procurement activity and post-contract supplier management.
Responsibilities:
1. Management of indirect procurement categories, which may include HR, Professional Services, FM, Marketing, and Legal.
2. Partner with stakeholders to define a collaborative approach to sourcing and ongoing third-party management for assigned business areas.
3. Lead the delivery of end-to-end procurement activity for assigned business areas, including sourcing approach, pre-qualification, tender, negotiation, preparation of contract, due diligence, onboarding, renewals, and offboarding.
4. Work collaboratively with Legal in the drafting of commercial contracts.
5. Contribute to the delivery of cost reductions, efficiencies, and value opportunities through delivery of procurement and third-party management activities.
6. Work with the business to develop and maintain an external network of procurement and third-party management contacts to develop category expertise and drive market insight.
Skills and Experience:
1. Best practice, end-to-end procurement experience within indirect category spend.
2. Proven experience in the development of category strategies.
3. Demonstrated achievements in cost reduction initiatives.
4. Commercially astute and knowledgeable in negotiating supplier contracts.
5. Strong influencing and relationship-building skills, with a proven ability to build constructive working relationships with suppliers, negotiating to deliver results.
6. A collaborative approach to stakeholder management at all levels.
7. MCIPS, or working towards, preferred.
All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role.
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