Job Description
An exciting scale-up business are building a European procurement function and seek a strong indirect procurement professional with excellent communication and influencing skills to join their procurement team in London. This is a role that will see you leading regional procurement projects across technology, professional services and other indirect categories and working at executive level to drive long-term, tangible change.
The primary mission of the role is to develop new cohesive global category strategies and work with senior stakeholders to deliver long-term value.
Key stakeholders will include regional/local heads of procurement, CTOs, commercial leaders and CFO’s.
Indirect Procurement Manager, role responsibilities:
* Develop procurement strategies to drive value, deliver savings and create a new procurement agenda
* Lead on complex, international negotiations across various categories and sectors.
* Influence at senior levels to deliver positive change in procurement process and practice.
Key skills & attributes required:
1. Strong indirect procurement background with category management and SRM experience
2. Professional proficiency in French is essential.
3. Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills at a regional/global level
4. Strong relationship builder ca...