3x Category & Sourcing Managers (HR, FM, Indirects, BPO, PS)

1st Executive; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Exciting time to join a leading global organisation: transformation and M&A activities in abundance here. Strong leadership team in place.

These brand new roles are part of a wider campaign across Group Procurement.

Are you strong in Property Services/FM or HR Services?

You might be experienced across consultancy/professional services and BPO/Outsourcing.

Then, there's another opportunity in banking operations, payments etc.

There are 3, possibly 4 roles across these different areas.

These roles all require the full end-to-end sourcing, category management and SRM.

The specific responsibilities of these roles include:

• Building multi-year sourcing and category strategies using market data and industry trends, ensuring the true end-to-end cost picture, opportunities, risks, and innovation are fully articulated and understood.
• Leading and executing complex and strategic sourcing activities, understanding their impact on the cost-income ratio.
• Driving cost and business benefits (tangible & intangible) to meet procurement and business targets.
• Interpreting business strategy and translating it into tangible sourcing and category plans.
• Actively identifying benefits through contract lifecycle management.
• Developing and leading strategic supplier relationships to obtain market-leading commercial models and innovative solutions.
• Building and maintaining senior stakeholder relationships to influence business decisions and strategies.
• Contributing to the evolution of the Group SRM model.
• Operating at a highly skilled level to coach the business through the sourcing process, enabling market readiness.
• Using fact-based decision-making and storytelling to articulate options to senior stakeholders.
• Having a good understanding of the Financial Services regulatory framework.
• Agreeing on a pipeline of activities and strategies for transactional procurement to ensure target delivery.
• Contributing to financial planning, including annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and review of spend versus budget, key initiatives, opportunities, and risks.