Procurement Specialist Professional Services

Confidential; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in London seeks an experienced procurement professional to lead sourcing initiatives across professional services. You will build strong stakeholder relationships, run tenders, evaluate offers with cross-functional teams, and structure deals to meet business requirements.

Responsibilities include negotiating terms, drafting contracts, and delivering savings while mentoring junior colleagues in complex multi-million deals.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent.
• MCIPS desirable.
• 3+ years sourcing experience in Professional Services.
• Experience across HR services, consulting, marketing, audit and legal services.
• Proven ability to run large multi-million global deals end-to-end.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Leading assigned sourcing initiatives, varying in scope from routine renewals to strategic purchases.
• Conducting market tenders and evaluating across cross-functional teams.
• Understanding business requirements and structuring deals to meet them.
• Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial terms.
• Drafting contracts based on standard terms and conditions.
• Maintaining market awareness for assigned categories and contributing to sourcing plans.
• Adhering to corporate standards and using defined sourcing tools.
• Identifying opportunities to deliver savings for clients and drive benefits.
• Mentoring/coaching less experienced team members in complex deals.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategy

Tendering

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Cross-functional leadership

Mentoring

Procurement best practices

Education

University degree or equivalent

MCIPS desirable

Job description

• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders
• Leading assigned sourcing initiatives, which vary in terms of scope and scale from routine renewals to more strategic purchases, under own initiative with minimal oversight required
• Conducting market tenders and managing the evaluation across a cross-functional team to determine supplier selection
• Understanding business requirements and structuring deals to meet those requirements
• Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial terms
• Drafting contracts based on standard terms and conditions
• Maintaining market awareness for assigned categories, leveraging experience to contribute to sourcing area plans and opportunity assessments
• Adhering to the Chain IQ corporate standards, including using the defined sourcing tools and processes in delivery of sourcing initiatives
• Identifying and implementing opportunities to deliver savings for Clients and drive benefits through smarter/efficient sourcing
• Mentoring/coaching less experienced team members and supporting them in more complex deals as required

Requirements:

• Educated to University standard or equivalent – MCIPS desirable
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience sourcing within the Professional Services category, including HR Services, Consulting, Marketing, Audit, and Legal services.
• Demonstrates proven market knowledge of Professional Services, with skills to apply knowledge to drive maximum value for clients
• Proven capability of running large multi-million / complex global deals, including all aspects of the tender process
• Hands on approach for deal execution, manage deals end to end on their own with minimal oversight
• Highly organized and results driven, can lead a cross-functional team
• Client/stakeholder focus within the corporate environment with the gravitas to influence senior stakeholders
• Experienced negotiator and excellent communication skills
• Ability to structure complex deals and develop sourcing strategies
• Experience in understanding contracts and ability in contract drafting, with limited requirement for specialist legal support. Ability to manage multiple priorities, often to tight deadlines, and deliver results