Procurement Specialist - Medical

After growth within this Social Media / Online Research business and realisation of the benefits procurement brings to a business, there is a relatively newly appointed Head of Procurement who has made initial impact, so already been given the authority to recruit a Procurement Specialist (Global) to manage a range of key category areas. This position will focusing on managing and sourcing suppliers within the key spend areas such as: Market research, Data Collection or Translation Services suppliers.

Looking for someone who can work on multiple projects at any one time, complete projects end-to-end and create cost savings where applicable. Reporting into the newly appointed Head of Procurement

• Cover procurement spend across designated categories (Ideally Market research, Data Collection or Translation Services)
• End-to-end procurement management, sourcing to on-going SRM
• Work with CxO level stakeholders in the business having regular interaction with all level
• Influence key stakeholders in the business to define new and effective procurement strategies
• Identify new potential suppliers and cost saving opportunities by using market knowledge

Experience and requirements:

• Proven procurement experience within general category spend
• Ideally experience working with Market research, Data Collection or Translation Services suppliers
• Achievements within an organisation either by improved service delivery or significant cost savings
• Able to work under heavy work load in a fast paced, busy environment
• No issues with negotiating and influencing all levels of internal customer / stakeholder
• Ideally CIPS and degree qualified not essential

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