Senior Procurement & P2P Manager - 12 Month FTC

NFP Corp; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Aon plc is seeking a Senior Procurement and P2P Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to lead our onshore procurement and P2P service across the UK and Ireland. You will drive governance, spend visibility, supplier rationalisation and Coupa adoption to deliver benefits across the function.

You will line-manage the Procurement Manager and work with Legal, Risk and Compliance to maintain strong controls in a rapidly changing environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Set procurement priorities, buying policy, supplier-governance standards and spend control.
• Own P2P controls, approval frameworks and DOA alignment.
• Act as business owner for Coupa, prioritise adoption, improvement and benefits delivery.
• Lead supplier rationalisation and spend-control activity; reduce unnecessary suppliers.
• Maintain governance for key suppliers, third parties and outsourced services with Legal, Risk, Compliance and InfoSec.
• Own governance of offshore P2P service, including scope, performance reviews and escalations; do not manage day-to-day transactions.
• Report on spend visibility, supplier rationalisation, purchasing compliance, Coupa adoption and service performance.
• Line-manage the Procurement Manager and sponsor the business-champion network.
• Maintain clear operating-model boundaries: business owns purchasing decisions; offshore AP service handles AP processing; Procurement provides governance and guidance.

Skills

Senior procurement leadership

Supplier management & negotiation

P2P / e-procurement

Analytical & reporting

Change management / operating model

Hands-on lean leadership

MCIPS or senior procurement exp (pref)

Tools

Coupa

Job 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.

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