Contract / Procurement Manager

An excellent opportunity to join a leading business to review and audit the current procurement activities and work with the leadership on best practice for the future.

This is an interim role, with an immediate start available for 6-9 months.
The position is based near Romford and offers hybrid working.

Overview of the positions as follows:

• Review all the businesses current procurement activities, current agreements to provide a thorough audit of the organisations procurement activities and current contractual status with suppliers.
• Cultivate strong supplier relationships and negotiate competitive terms with suppliers.
• Extract tangible cost savings across third-party suppliers.
• Work with suppliers to tackle any supplier issues, queries or lapsed agreements.
• Lead discussions with suppliers to gain business insights and reporting to share with the business to drive strategic advantage.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline of high-value suppliers. Evaluate supplier offerings to ensure suppliers are aligned to business values and offer good value propositions.
• Recommend best practice and key business planning elements for the future.

We are looking for the following skills and experience:

• MCIPS qualification (or working towards) - advantageous but not essential.
• Significant experience in procurement within a professional service, insurance or B2B environment.
• Excellent negotiation and supplier relationship management capabilities.
• A strategic mindset and the ability to influence at all levels of the business.

On offer is an immediate start with an excellent day rate. Flexible working on a full-time or slightly reduced hours basis is available. We are keen to find someone who can commit to the duration of the project.
Please get in touch for all the details.