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Senior Procurement Operations Manager

Employer
Procurement Heads
Location
East Sussex
Salary
£65-70,000 + £5k car allowance + 10% bonus + medical + 27 days annual leave + flexible benefits
Closing date
23 Sep 2019

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

Job Details

This leading FTSE 250 financial services group is recruiting a Senior Procurement Operations Manager to be based in East Sussex. The pivotal role will see you evolve and then run all the operational processes that are required to run an effective Procurement Operation.

The Senior Procurement Operations Manager role will be pivotal in the evolution and continued success of the procurement and supply chain management operations of the business.  Engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, the role holder will implement a programme of change to implement a robust, efficient and business-centric procurement operation.

As Senior Procurement Operations Manager your key responsibilities will include:

  • Lead development, application and training of robust procurement policies and processes, developing toolkits and controls as required to manage adherence and make processes easy for users, including our suppliers, to engage with
  • Lead Supplier Relationship Management Framework application and adherence from the centre, establishing robust adherence monitoring and reporting alongside training for business leaders
  • Lead the forecasting of procurement resource requirements, ongoing work stacks for the team, time to complete and considering upcoming initiatives and renewals to manage the delivery of all activity in line with agreed business SLAs
  • Lead a robust due diligence process, implementing best practice approaches and ensuring appropriate resource and time is allocated to complete in line with target signing dates.
  • Agree on target signing dates with procurement leads, business owners, legal and diligence leads and suppliers to ensure alignment on priority and urgency of contract signing – then measure delivery against agreed timeframes and communicate any changes consistently and in good time.
  • Support aggregation and prioritisation of the procurement pipeline and ensure that the pipeline, target signing dates, and prioritisation are being communicated clearly across the organisation.
  • Take accountability for supplier master data management and establish and maintain a process to provide effective spend reporting to the Procurement team
  • Conclude the implementation of supplier relationship management system and establish more robust governance control reporting and supplier performance analysis and reporting.
  • Procurement team performance data collection, reporting, and analysis, such as savings reporting
  • Leverage procurement best practices such as reverse auctions, working with procurement leads to select and implement any tools required.
  • Establish a framework for supplier auditing
  • Lead contract adequacy review and contract summarisation processes
  • Maintain visibility of upcoming contract renewals and consider for each contract at what stage tenders should be scheduled, or if no tender is planned when contract renewal discussions should take place.

In applications we will be looking for:

  • At least 4-5 years of experience of a similar Procurement Operations role, preferably gained in the Financial Services sector.
  • Ability to implement a programme of change, moving at pace, but keeping all team members and stakeholders on board

Benefits of the Senior Procurement Operations Manager role include:

  • £65-70,000
  • £5k car allowance
  • 10% bonus
  • Medical
  • 27 days annual leave
  • Flexible benefits

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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