Procurement In London Jobs

I am working on a Global Senior Buyer vacancy within the IT & Software space to join an industry leader who are looking to bolster and add value to their current procurement team. The incumbent will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end process along with a strong focus on maintaining quality, minimizing Total Cost of Ownership and mitigating risks. The chosen candidate will also be responsible for collaborating with stakeholders, leading Request for Proposals (RFPs), negotiating contract renewals, and managing new supplier contracts along with experience in contract law and IT contracts. Day to day responsibility will include: * Collaborate with stakeholders to define and execute sourcing strategies. * Take the lead in the entire RFP process, from creation to evaluation and negotiation. * Negotiate contract renewals and Statements of Work with existing suppliers. * Negotiate new contracts with prospective suppliers. * Exhibit expertise in contract law, particularly in the context of IT contracts. * Provide support for supplier relationship management, particularly for key suppliers. * Contribute to the development of category plans. * Demonstrate exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse perspectives to reach consensus. * Operate effectively in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines, finite resources, and uncertainty. Experience required: * Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT procurement. * Able to quickly get to grips with new technology, requirements and develop solutions to problems as needed. * Ability to understand existing processes and map this in detail via tools. * Can identify value creation opportunities and help build implementation business cases. * Ability to understand and apply leading contracting policies and processes where needed. 45539HA

We are partnering with a global business services firm in London who are looking to hire a Procurement Controller to work collaboratively with the wider commercial, contracts and procurement team where you will be responsible for supporting the team through various compliance practices and relevant regulatory requirements. You will also be supporting the business with accurate timely and efficient transaction processing; andto adopt a digital mind-set to enable processes to become more efficient and to utilise technology solutions to continuously improve. Day to day responsibility will include: -Roles and responsibilities: * Update policy with the latest regulatory and business requirements. * Manage and lead the procurement communications and training plan activities to ensure end-users are adequately informed of the latest process changes. * Support the Procurement Business Lead with execution of the Procurement transformation programme. * Support the Category Management team and Buyers in executing day-to-day buying activities, including supplier identification, negotiation, and supplier selection for items not on contract. * Maintain Procurement Policy on Insite and ensure updates. * Manage the Contract Repository to correct metadata standards. * Manage Contract Version control in the Contracts module. * Review / Update Vendor Contract against a timeline and ensure early action to avoid late renewal. * Ensure the Risk and Vendor Due Diligence updates are completed. * Maintain procurement and legal templates for use on SharePoint and ensure the latest version is in use. * Assist the Procurement Business Lead and wider team with ad hoc requests as needed. * Management of the Procurement mailbox and various procurement artefacts and processes. Experience required: * Purchasing administrator with experience in executing procurement transactions. * Operational change experience. * Able to quickly get to grips with new technology, requirements and develop solutions to problems as needed. * Ability to understand existing processes and map this in detail via tools. * Knowledge of transactional procurement systems and master data. * Can identify value creation opportunities and help build implementation business cases. * Ability to understand and apply leading contracting policies and processes where needed. 46186HA

We are partnering with a global business services firm in London who are seeking a experienced Category Manager who will be assigned to work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the business to manage their Professional Services & HR spend. This role will work closely with the wider HR team. as well as other functions that use professional services and will be solely responsible for all their HR & Professional Services spend. Day to day responsibility will include: Roles and responsibilities: * Working closely with HR & Professional Services teams to understand their current vendors, vendor management and review processes and strategy. * Working with the wider procurement team in the cost-effectiveness of negotiations with market leading vendors. * Ensuring compliance of negotiated agreements to established vendor management policies and practices. * Create and manage the HR & Professional Services Category plans. * Supporting/guiding/training our HR & Professional Services Vendor Relationship how to govern vendors. * Serving as a point of escalation for vendor issues and disputes and driving those issues to resolution. * Maintaining the list of HR & Professional Services vendors and the data held on them to determine their segmentation. * Regularly review and evaluate opportunities to improve best practices in order to achieve higher maturity in management of HR & Professional Services vendors. Experience required: * Experience in HR & Professional Services Category management * An understanding of procurement processes and HR & Professional Services contractual elements such as SLAs. * Understanding of contractual, commercial, and operational working relationships with vendors to ensure effective delivery of committed products, services and solutions. * Working knowledge of contract management and negotiation. * Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills. * Excellent stakeholder management skills. * Demonstrated ability to drive improvements and take charge of initiatives. 46080HA

Advert description:I am working with a Central Government organisation who are looking for an experienced commercial procurement professional with a background in UK Public Regulations to join them on a years contract. The chosen candidate will be responsible for all generalist categories and have managed the full cycle projects whilst providing support in developing and promoting an innovative approach to procurement and market analysis. Day to day responsibilities will include: * Lead and manage a category management approach to deliver value for money across indirect categories of spend. * Lead and manage the development of category plans including conducting market research/appraisal exercises in order to identify value for money option. * Ensures that procurement issues are managed effectively throughout the procurement cycle. * Lead and manage a range of sourcing projects in support of the category plan. * Provide category specific strategic insight to enable stakeholders to make informed choices about the way in which expenditure is deployed, optimising value and minimising contractual and commercial risk. * Identify, develop and prepare reports and present to the appropriate internal and external stakeholders. Requirements; * A minimum of five year's procurement experience with responsibility for delivery of procurement benefits including financial savings. * Proven experience of strategic category management for a rage of indirect services incl. travel, facilities, financial, IT, marketing, training, professional services etc. * Excellent knowledge and experience of procurement processes and best practice (public and private sector procurement experience desirable). * Experience of developing category strategy and implementing change. * Extensive experience in contract drafting and negotiation. * Contract Management experience. 46054HA

We are partnering with a global business services firm in London who are seeking a experienced Category Manager who will be assigned to work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the business to manage their professional services spend a variety of category spend with a major focus around ESG. The chosen professional will be working closely with the ESG leadership team to ensure all supplier contribute to budgeting targets whilst ensuring the SLA are being met wit the appropriate frameworks. Day to day responsibility will include: Roles and responsibilities: * Maintaining the ESG and procurement policies and ensuring any updates are managed and communicated accordingly. * Reviewing and updating vendor ESG plans against timelines and ensuring action to avoid non-delivery of strategic targets. * Ensuring all risk and ESG due diligence updates are completed with corporate policies. * Initiate ESG supplier engagements and develop ESG structures aligning with companies strategic targets. * Subject matter expert responsible for driving the professional services category. * Owning the cradle to grave procurement process including RFP, RFQ etc. Experience Required: * Experienced ESG professional with the ability to identify ESG opportunities and build implementation business cases aligning with category strategies. * Exposure to Professional services category management. * Experienced in Leading end to end procurement processes * Strong negotiation and decision-making skills. * Ability to communicate across all levels up to C-Suite management. * Proven ability to work well under pressure and towards multiple deadlines, demonstrating a practical approach. * Ability to create and interpret metrics to create a culture of continuous improvement. INDPRO 45397HA

An amazing, brand new IT Procurement Specialist role working for a prestigious Financial Services firm based in the City of London to manage a range of IT spend for the business.Procurement is a relatively young function in the business, but over the past few years the business has received significant benefits across all spend areas. Due to the success this role has been formed, where you will be working on all areas of IT spend, including Software, Hardware, Services, Saas, Infrastructure, Security and Cloud. This business is looking for someone to come in and find suppliers that can deliver the very best services for the internal customer, where cost savings focus comes second. Roles and responsibilities: * Reporting into the Procurement Manager * Focus on category planning, implementing long term procurement strategies. * Conduct end to end procurement focusing purely on the company's UK and US IT spend. * Negotiate new and existing contracts for best value for the business. * Source the highest quality of service is first choice, cost savings comes second. * Manage stakeholders at all levels - business leads to executive level and partners in the firm. * Challenge stakeholders across the business with your own technical and previous experience Experience required: * Must have extensive IT/IS procurement experience in a large business. * Ideally have Legal, Consultancy, Banking, Finance, or Insurance industry experience * End-to-end procurement experience, strong SRM/VM experience essential. * Must be able to fit into a team and work well in that environment. * Very confident in negotiating any level of stakeholder. * Able to build effective and lasting relationships internally and externally. * Willing to fully commit to the role and company throughout this exciting time of change. 45902HA

We are partnering with a household FMCG brand who are seeking a procurement manager with the experience of working within a fast-paced environment preferably from a similar industry who will also have had exposure to indirect category spend.The chosen candidate will have a global remit for sourcing and cost reduction across the full range of Indirect categories with a focus around IT/Tech, Marketing and Public Relations. Day to day responsibilities will include; Responsibilities * Developing key Indirect category sourcing strategy, and plans, working closely with global/regional leads to gain 'buy-in' to and deliver a global strategy plan in agreement with the Global Procurement Director. * Spend Mapping of all associated spend data to support sourcing strategy, evolving current solution to something more 'fit for purpose'. * Forecasting, monitoring, and reporting on all assigned cost initiatives monthly. * As a subject matter expert, providing critical challenge to the current supply base with key operational stakeholders and present alternate solutions that optimise business growth and improve business efficiencies in line with the category plan. * Developing and owning, in agreement with the Procurement Director. * Aggressive Cost Initiative reduction targets on a 12-month rolling annual basis, including setting budget cost targets. * New supplier sourcing and tendering programmes with development and monitoring of full 24-month sourcing pipeline. * Establish and manage QBR process across all key category suppliers, including KPI/SLA implementation and monitoring, including building SLA's into legacy supplier agreements. * Develop and implement procurement processes to ensure 'maverick' spend minimised, and multiple similar vendor set-ups consolidated. Experience * Be able to demonstrate build and develop leadership of strategic Indirect procurement/sourcing team, with full competence matrix. * Solid experience in accurately capturing Stakeholders' requirements. * Strong and proven experience in running tenders end-to-end. * Must have successfully developed and implemented sourcing policies and strategies within an organisation and aligned to S2C system workflows. * Monthly/Quarterly KPI development and Monitoring as part of QBR process. * Strong data analysis capability to support category strategy development. * Must be comfortable working with ambiguous and/or incomplete information to achieve a significant result. 45890HA

We are partnering with a household FMCG brand who are seeking a procurement manager with the experience of working within a fast-paced environment preferably from a similar industry who will also have had exposure to indirect category spend.The chosen candidate will have a global remit for sourcing and cost reduction across the full range of Indirect categories with a focus around IT/Tech, Marketing and Public Relations. Day to day responsibilities will include; Responsibilities * Developing key Indirect category sourcing strategy, and plans, working closely with global/regional leads to gain 'buy-in' to and deliver a global strategy plan in agreement with the Global Procurement Director. * Spend Mapping of all associated spend data to support sourcing strategy, evolving current solution to something more 'fit for purpose'. * Forecasting, monitoring, and reporting on all assigned cost initiatives monthly. * As a subject matter expert, providing critical challenge to the current supply base with key operational stakeholders and present alternate solutions that optimise business growth and improve business efficiencies in line with the category plan. * Developing and owning, in agreement with the Procurement Director. * Aggressive Cost Initiative reduction targets on a 12-month rolling annual basis, including setting budget cost targets. * New supplier sourcing and tendering programmes with development and monitoring of full 24-month sourcing pipeline. * Establish and manage QBR process across all key category suppliers, including KPI/SLA implementation and monitoring, including building SLA's into legacy supplier agreements. * Develop and implement procurement processes to ensure 'maverick' spend minimised, and multiple similar vendor set-ups consolidated. Experience * Be able to demonstrate build and develop leadership of strategic Indirect procurement/sourcing team, with full competence matrix. * Solid experience in accurately capturing Stakeholders' requirements. * Strong and proven experience in running tenders end-to-end. * Must have successfully developed and implemented sourcing policies and strategies within an organisation and aligned to S2C system workflows. * Monthly/Quarterly KPI development and Monitoring as part of QBR process. * Strong data analysis capability to support category strategy development. * Must be comfortable working with ambiguous and/or incomplete information to achieve a significant result. 45890HA

One of the world's largest travel and aviation groups have a truly exciting opportunity to join the group, global procurement function, to manage one of the most intricate, interesting and key spend areas that ensures the success of the company.The role is a Global Category Lead - Engines, Nacelles & APU, where you will be owning spend across all brands within the group that relate to any services or products for the engines of the planes. You will be dealing with some of the companies most senior and longest standing stakeholders to advise and influence them, to maximise procurement buying power.No doubt this will be a challenging, fast paced and rewarding role, in a highly dynamic industry, where you will be exposed to multi-cultural environments across the globe.Role and responsibilities: * Work on 3 to 5 year strategic category plans within your designated spend area * Responsible for developing and embedding global sourcing strategies * Actively manage and influence stakeholders in all brands and regions they operate * Analyse and re-negotiate existing contracts to minimise risk and improve commercial terms * You will be working with and managing the main Tier 1 global vendors to the group * Ensure stakeholders adhere to the group procurement policy * Best possible service delivery, quality of service/product with best commercial value in mindExperience and requirements: * Worked within the Airline, Aviation or Aviation Manufacturing industries * Have experience in, or been involved in relevant categories; Engines, APU or Nacelles * Able to handle being responsible of senior level responsibility which is key for the company * Worked in a complex set up, global and matrix organisation * Experience in managing and working with senior level stakeholders up to C-Suite * Proven strategic procurement experience, designing high value category strategies * MCIPS or Degree - nice to have, not essential