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Strategic Procurement Manager - FM | FTSE 250 Services Organisation | South Coast, London & Leeds

Employer
Procurement Heads
Location
London | South Coast | Leeds
Salary
£65,000 – 70,000 base salary + 5.5k car + 25 days holiday + pension
Closing date
18 May 2019

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Specialist Area
Procurement
Sector
Professional Services
Function
Manager
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

A leading FTSE 250 Services organisation in the UK is embarking on a significant Procurement transformation project. With a relatively new CPO at the helm, they are wanting to move away from working as separate legal entities and operate under one vision and as a result, standardise how Procurement works within the organisation. With over 200 offices, this is a major project and will require high calibre individuals to join the business and help drive the overall strategy.

There are 2 requirements for a Strategic Procurement Manager – FM as a result; one to be based in the South looking after ongoing engineering public sector contracts, and the other to be based in Leeds supporting household brand names. Reporting into the Head of Strategic Sourcing for FM, the role is twofold; take responsibility for a couple of FM categories across the business and drive the strategy and support the MD locally by being the main point of contact for any escalations.

A Procurement Operations team has been set up in one of the sites and their role is to support you by providing management information, data tools, e sourcing activities and all administrative requirements to enable you to focus purely on strategic sourcing.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Define, implement and manage category and sourcing strategies in the agreed categories of supply, with particular focus on delivering Exceptional Value, Every Day.  This means ensuring supply chain solutions are fit for purpose, aligned to business need and represent lowest total cost, best service, highest quality, ethical & sustainable supply with relevant impactful supply base innovation. 
  • Lead sourcing activity and management of key supplier relationships across all relevant business units and group functions
  • Work closely with key stakeholders across divisions and group functions to reflect and influence the needs of all business units and functional leads in the category strategy
  • Reporting to one of the Heads of Strategic Sourcing, contribute to the ongoing design and implementation of a new Source to Need procurement operating model.  This will require support across six strategic priorities of People, Cost, Technology, Customer, Process & Suppliers
  • Improve compliance through making it easy for our people to do the right thing & challenging leakage

About you:

  • A track record in managing procurement spend in relevant categories of supply.
  • First class personal, written and verbal communication skills as well as tact, diplomacy and negotiating expertise in dealing with a wide range of knowledgeable clients, suppliers and colleagues
  • Significant commercial procurement experience
  • Experience in a complex environment with a high level of interface with a diverse range of stakeholders and customers, able to demonstrate excellent ability to influence and challenge at a senior level both internally and externally
  • Demonstrable category management and negotiation skills, working with senior stakeholders both internally and externally

Desirable:

  • MCIPS qualified
  • Experience in supporting Procurement transformation and change program

This is a fast paced, low margin, customer centric organisation. Nothing is being made and therefore relationship building both internally and externally is essential in order to be successful in this role.

To find out more, please apply with a CV to hayley@procurementheads.com or call me on 01962 869838

Company

PROCUREMENT HEADS ICON [square]

Procurement Heads is all about getting to know great Procurement Professionals and bringing them together to make outstanding Procurement teams.

With a proven track record of delivery, we support people through the life-cycle of their careers, providing an end-to-end consultative service. We partner with many prominent brands and organisations, sourcing Procurement talent using industry-leading tools and techniques. Focussed and proactive, our methodology provides a comprehensive assessment of your needs and tailors solutions to meet them. The ability to identify and attract the best people across all sectors, often involves us designing and managing bespoke campaigns.

Our purpose...

To deliver recruitment as a professional service.

We engage with leaders across procurement, HR and executive functions to make their organisations successful. More than just a recruitment company, we provide a suite of talent solutions tailored to your business needs.

Our values

Rewarding relationships

For us, it’s personal. Relationships are pivotal to our existence and we place great value on their development. We encourage collaboration through our unique referral scheme ‘The Heads Up’ and are driven by a desire to build deep long-standing partnerships. Our goal is to act as an ambassador for the teams and individuals we support.

Exceeding expectations

More than just a recruitment company, we engage with leaders to deliver the unexpected when it comes to sourcing talent. Going beyond ‘filling the role’, we advise, challenge, champion and are innovative in the value-add solutions we provide.

Doing the right thing

Doing the right thing is not difficult. Knowing what the right thing is, that’s where we come in. Everyone has a responsibility for the choices they make. We pledge to lead the way by championing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Sustainability.

Our team of experienced Procurement consultants are on hand to support you with your Procurement career.

Address: The Corner, Gordon Rd, Winchester SO23 7DD

Tel: 01962 869 838

Website: https://www.procurementheads.com/

Company info
Website
Telephone
01962 869 838
Location
Heads Resourcing Group,
West Wing, Ground Floor,
Burlington House, Hedge End
Southampton
Hampshire
SO30 2AF
United Kingdom

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