Procurement Consultant

As Procurement Consultant working for our well established Financial Services client you will design, embed and manage the strategic procurement offering across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, manage and embed a supplier management framework (including outsourcing) for all existing and new suppliers.
• Lead the negotiation and execution of new and existing contracts working closely with the legal team and functional heads to ensure optimum commercial value and appropriate risk management.
• Oversee implementation of executed contracts and service agreements ensuring their compliance with agreed service, performance, quality and delivery levels.
• Act as a focal point for supplier management communications, training and retention of supplier management collateral.
• Identify and implement cost improvement plans for key supplier agreements and new contracts.
• Undertake assurance exercises on key suppliers to ensure contractual obligations are being met and provide reports to senior management.
• Proactively manage commercial and contractual risk with third party suppliers.
• Develop, maintain and monitor the contract management database.
• Ensure relevant policies and procedures are fit for purpose and up to date.

Suitable candidates will have a good procurement grounding gained from the financial services sector. You will be able to demonstrate proven effectiveness working with contracts and procurement including tenders

This role is a great opportunity for a self starter with the appetite to shape and form a 'fit for purpose procurement proposition.