Senior Procurement & P2P Manager - 12 Month FTC

NFP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NFP in the UK is hiring a Senior Procurement and P2P Manager on a 12-month FTC to lead the onshore procurement and P2P function across Europe, improving spend visibility, supplier rationalisation, and Coupa governance. You will line manage the Procurement Manager and partner with Legal, Risk and Finance to ensure compliant, effective operations.

The role requires strong leadership in a lean, evolving team with extensive supplier management and a track record in procurement improvement; MCIPS or

Qualifications

• Senior procurement or P2P leadership experience in regulated or comparable service environments.
• Strong supplier-management and negotiation capability.
• Good understanding of P2P, e-procurement and shared-service models.
• Analytical mindset with ability to challenge senior partners.
• Hands-on leadership suited to a lean, evolving team.
• Experience improving procurement processes or operating models.

Responsibilities

• Set procurement priorities, buying policy, supplier governance, and spend control.
• Own P2P controls, approvals, and Delegation of Authority alignment.
• Act as business owner for Coupa and drive adoption and benefits.
• Lead supplier rationalisation and align purchasing channels.
• Maintain governance with Legal, Risk, Compliance and Information Security.
• Oversee offshore P2P service governance but not day-to-day processing.
• Report on spend visibility, supplier risk and service performance.
• Line-manage the Procurement Manager and support development.

Skills

Procurement leadership

P2P leadership

Supplier management

Commercial negotiation

Change management

Analytics & reporting

Coupa governance

Education

MCIPS or equivalent senior procurement certification

Job description

Posting Description

We’re hiring for a Senior Procurement and P2P Manager to support our growing Operations team on a 12 month FTC...

To keep up with our growth in the UK and Ireland, we are recruiting for a Senior Procurement and P2P Manager 12 month FTC to join our Operations team. You will be responsible for leading the onshore Procurement and P2P service across NFP Europe through improving visibility and control of spend, leading supplier rationalisation, owning Coupa governance and offshore service performance, and leading the Procurement Manager.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Senior procurement, commercial or P2P leadership experience in a regulated or comparable service environment
• Strong supplier-management, rationalisation, change and partner skills, with commercial negotiation capability where required
• Good understanding of P2P, e-procurement and outsourced or shared-service models
• Commercially and analytically strong skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence senior partners
• Hands-on leadership style suited to a lean team and changing environment
• Experience leading procurement improvement, e-procurement or operating-model change
• Strong reporting and analytical capability
• MCIPS or equivalent senior procurement experience preferred, but not essential

Using these skills, you’ll be:

• Setting procurement priorities, buying policy, supplier-governance standards and the approach to spend control and purchasing compliance
• Owning P2P controls, approval frameworks and alignment with the Delegation of Authority
• Acting as business owner for Coupa, setting priorities for adoption, improvement and benefits delivery
• Leading supplier rationalisation and spend-control activity, reducing unnecessary suppliers and aligning purchasing to appropriate buying channels
• Maintaining proportionate governance for key suppliers, third parties and outsourced services with Legal, Risk, Compliance and Information Security
• Owning governance of the offshore P2P service, including scope, service standards, performance reviews, controls and material escalations; do not manage day-to-day transactions
• Reporting on spend visibility, supplier rationalisation, purchasing compliance, Coupa adoption, supplier risk and service performance
• Line managing the Procurement Manager, setting priorities and supporting delivery and development. Sponsoring the business-champion network by setting priorities, supervising adoption and ensuring the network supports the agreed change
• Maintaining clear operating-model boundaries: the business owns purchasing decisions, requisitions, coding and approvals; the offshore AP service owns AP processing and transaction queries; Procurement provides governance, guidance, supplier rationalisation and Coupa adoption support

We’re committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please let our Talent Team know – we’ll do our best to support you. Please email [e-mail] for more on this.

Who is NFP?

With over 600 people in the UK and Ireland and over 8,000 employees worldwide, NFP is part of the Aon group and specialise in helping businesses in four core areas:

• Insurance (helping them manage key risks)
• Health and safety (supporting them to create a safer workplace for their employees)
• Employee benefits (helping them reward their people more effectively)
• HR, people and talent (supporting employers and their people to thrive through changes and challenges)

What you’ll love about working here

• working in a multifaceted, fast-paced organisation in an exciting industry
• the opportunity to do globally impactful work from day one
• learning from industry and business line specialists with decades of experience
• a huge variety of projects to work on and challenges to tackle
• our People First culture, which illustrates our dedication to your wellbeing and development, not just as an employee but as a human being
• a rich suite of employee benefits and out-of-work perks

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