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Procurement Manager - £70K

1st Executive

City of Edinburgh

Hybrid

GBP 59,000 - 70,000

Full time

25 days ago

Job summary

A high-profile FTSE100 organization is seeking a Procurement Manager for Professional Services to lead sourcing projects and manage C-Level stakeholder relationships. This role encourages innovation within a fast-moving industry, ideal for a candidate with strong procurement experience and a strategic mindset.

Benefits

Excellent Package

Qualifications

  • Experience in Professional Services & Consultancy procurement.
  • Background in a regulated industry sector, ideally Financial Services.
  • Proven success in stakeholder management and developing category strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Delivery of end-to-end sourcing projects across Professional Services.
  • Engage C-Level stakeholders and nurture procurement relationships.
  • Implement category strategies and best-in-class supplier management initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement
Procurement experience
Influencing decision making

Education

Degree
CIPS qualification

Job description

Role: Procurement Manager - Professional Services

Location: Edinburgh (50% Hybrid Working)

Salary: Up to £70K + Excellent Package

1st Executive are seeking a Professional Services Procurement Manager on behalf of a high-profile FTSE100 organisation - who have demonstrated record growth over the past 24 months! They continue to transform their customer facing propositions as well as their internal business models, with Procurement playing a key role in providing early access to new tools and solutions offered by their 3rd party supply partners. This is a fantastic role with an organisation who are actively encouraging innovation and creativity to ensure the business is able to meet its on-going growth ambitions in a fast moving industry!

Role:

  • You will be responsible for the delivery of end to end sourcing projects across the breadth of the Professional Services and Consultancy portfolio
  • Operating in a "business partner" capacity, you will engage C-Level stakeholders, nurturing relationships to ensure the value of Procurement is recognised.
  • You will guide and mentor your internal customers through full lifecycle sourcing projects spanning the professional services sub-categories, identifying opportunities to innovate the way the at 3rd party consultancy solutions are utilised.
  • You will be responsible for the definition and implementation of category strategies.
  • In turn, you will be expected to introduce best in class supplier management initiatives as well as further innovative 'value-add' procurement initiatives.

Experience:

  • Procurement experience gained in the Professional Services & Consultancy category
  • Demonstrate some experience of working in a regulated industry sector - ideally Financial Services
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skill-set; demonstrating success in influencing decision making in a business partner capacity
  • Evidence of developing 3-5 year Category Strategies
  • Degree and/or CIPS qualified is preferred

***Due to our clients requirements, applicants must be based in the UK and hold current/valid UK RTW***

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