Strategic Procurement Excellence Leader

JOHN LEWIS; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

John Lewis Partnership is seeking a Procurement Excellence Manager to own and drive procurement excellence across governance, policies, third party risk and SRM. You will embed best practices, lead process improvements, and use data from our systems to raise performance and value for customers.

Reporting to the Procurement Leadership team, you will champion innovation, set strategy, and deliver excellence programmes while developing the function and supporting personal growth across the

Qualifications

• Extensive procurement, risk management and SRM experience.
• Experience in Supplier relationship management and/or Third Party Risk management.
• Strong knowledge of procurement systems, policy and process.
• Experience applying continuous improvement (CI) principles.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance the Procurement profession with the leadership team.
• Inform strategic direction using benchmarking and drive continuous improvement.
• Understand internal/external procurement trends and market dynamics.
• Advance third party risk management and supplier relationship frameworks.
• Develop procurement policy, governance and controls; ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with Procurement Operations, Contract Managers and Risk Domains.
• Provide people management responsibilities within the team.

Skills

Procurement experience

Risk management

Supplier relationship management

Policy & process knowledge

Continuous improvement

Stakeholder management

Influencing decisions

Education

MCIPS qualification or working towards

Professional Negotiation qualification (GAP Partnership)

Tools

Procurement systems

Job description

John Lewis Partnership is seeking a Procurement Excellence Manager to own and drive procurement excellence across governance, policies, third party risk and SRM. You will embed best practices, lead process improvements, and use data from our systems to raise performance and value for customers.

Reporting to the Procurement Leadership team, you will champion innovation, set strategy, and deliver excellence programmes while developing the function and supporting personal growth across the