Strategic Corporate Services Procurement Lead

BSI; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible working hours

27 days annual leave

Health insurance

Life insurance

Pension plan with company contribution

Car allowance

Income protection

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Paid parental leave

Adoption leave

Compassionate leave

Bereavement leave

Learning and development opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

BSI is seeking a Corporate Services Category Lead to shape and deliver procurement strategies across operational and people-related spend, including Recruitment, Travel, Learning & Development, Workplace Services, Lab Services and Office Supplies.

You will own multi-year category plans, drive cost savings, supplier governance and policy-aligned buying, partnering with Finance, HR and operations to align travel, expense and card policies while improving the employee experience.

Formación

• Significant experience in category management and complex sourcing across Corporate Services or Business Services categories.
• Experience managing high-volume framework-based and operational spend across people services, workplace, travel or other corporate services.
• Experience developing or managing travel strategy with strong understanding of travel, expense or corporate card environments.
• Proven experience driving compliance, standardisation and demand control across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong commercial and contracting expertise across statements of work, rate models, supplier performance frameworks and change or exit controls.
• Strong senior stakeholder influencing skills and the ability to shape requirements before commercial commitment.
• Analytical capability to interpret spend and supplier data and build clear business cases.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and own multi-year category strategies and annual workplans across Corporate Services sub-categories.
• Use spend, demand, supplier and market insight to identify opportunities for savings, cost avoidance, service improvement and risk reduction.
• Shape sourcing pipelines and prioritise activity based on value, risk and business impact.
• Own and develop BSI's global travel and expense strategy, including travel management, expense platforms and corporate card programmes.
• Drive adoption of preferred travel booking channels, payment methods and policy-compliant behaviours, using data to reduce leakage and improve control.
• Act as a trusted commercial advisor to functional and operational stakeholders, challenging demand, improving requirement definition and standardising statements of work.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing and negotiation activity, using frameworks, rate cards, managed services and other commercial models appropriate to each category.
• Manage key supplier relationships and governance, including performance reviews, KPIs, improvement plans, renewals and dispute resolution.
• Partner with Finance, HR and business operations to align procurement, travel, expense and card policies with financial controls and employee experience.
• Embed proportionate due diligence, audit-ready procurement practices and sustainable procurement principles across the category.
• Reduce off-contract and maverick spend through clear buying channels, stakeholder engagement and stronger governance.

Conocimientos

Category management

Sourcing

Travel strategy

Stakeholder influencing

Contracting expertise

Data analysis

Descripción del empleo

BSI is seeking a Corporate Services Category Lead to shape and deliver procurement strategies across operational and people-related spend, including Recruitment, Travel, Learning & Development, Workplace Services, Lab Services and Office Supplies.

You will own multi-year category plans, drive cost savings, supplier governance and policy-aligned buying, partnering with Finance, HR and operations to align travel, expense and card policies while improving the employee experience.