Procurement Manager - Professional Services - £55K

1st Executive; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Professional Services sector is looking for a Procurement Manager to lead sourcing projects and engage stakeholders to enhance their procurement operations. This role supports a high-profile FTSE100 organization and fosters an innovative working environment. Candidates with a background in regulated sectors, particularly Financial Services, and strong procurement experience are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Experience in Procurement within Professional Services required.
• Experience in a regulated industry sector like Financial Services is ideal.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills are critical.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end sourcing projects for Professional Services.
• Engage C-Level stakeholders and nurture relationships.
• Implement category strategies and supplier management initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Supplier management

Innovation

Education

Degree

CIPS qualified

Job description

Role: Procurement Manager - Professional Services

Location: Edinburgh (50% Hybrid Working)

Salary: Up to £55K + 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
• 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 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
• 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***