Strategic Procurement Lead - Centralisation & Transformation

Bramwith Consulting; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Bramwith Consulting is partnering with a highly regarded international organisation to appoint a Strategic Procurement Manager to lead centralisation and transformation at a pivotal stage.

The newly created role blends strategic procurement leadership with hands-on sourcing across Technology and wider Indirect spend, delivering immediate commercial value while shaping the function for the future. London-based with a competitive package.

Qualifications

• 3-6+ years’ experience across procurement, strategic sourcing or category management.
• Experience across Technology and/or broader Indirect Procurement.
• Strong strategic sourcing, tendering and commercial negotiation experience.
• Evidence of improving procurement processes, ways of working or stakeholder engagement.
• Experience operating within a decentralised, developing or changing procurement environment would be advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
• The confidence to challenge existing approaches and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability.
• A proactive mindset with a genuine interest in procurement transformation and function development.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in the centralisation and continued development of the procurement function.
• Help transition historically decentralised spend towards a more coordinated and strategic procurement model.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to understand business requirements and identify where procurement can add greater commercial value.
• Develop and embed procurement processes, governance, sourcing methodologies and ways of working.
• Increase procurement engagement and influence across the organisation.
• Lead strategic sourcing, tendering and complex commercial negotiations across Technology and wider Indirect categories.
• Develop and implement category and sourcing strategies aligned with wider business objectives.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, supplier consolidation, value creation and improved commercial outcomes.
• Manage strategically important supplier relationships and drive improved supplier performance.
• Support the development of procurement capability, reporting and best practice across the organisation.
• Challenge established approaches and help create a more proactive, commercially focused procurement culture.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Commercial acumen

Business partnering

Cost optimisation

Job description

Bramwith Consulting is partnering with a highly regarded international organisation to appoint a Strategic Procurement Manager to lead centralisation and transformation at a pivotal stage.

The newly created role blends strategic procurement leadership with hands-on sourcing across Technology and wider Indirect spend, delivering immediate commercial value while shaping the function for the future. London-based with a competitive package.