Procurement Category Specialist, Indirects
Procurement Category Specialist, Indirects
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Job Title: Procurement Category Specialist, Indirects
Contract: Permanent
Location: London / Edinburgh / Glasgow / Dublin / Madrid / Amsterdam / Hamburg / Milan / Paris / Budapest
Closing date: 3rd November
About The Team
As part of our Europe Procurement team you'll play a pivotal role in contributing to performance and protecting Diageo's reputation across our supply base. This involves delivering outstanding end‑to‑end value across our supply chain through commercial leadership, offering innovative supplier solutions, and driving our sustainability agenda across our partners and suppliers. There's a rich variety of commercial challenges for you to immerse yourself in as part of the procurement team.
About The Role
The Europe Indirects procurement team manages circa $450m spend across categories of Real Estate & Facilities Management, HR Services, Travel, Professional Services and outsourced services. This role focuses on the HR Services category including talent, learning & development, payroll, outplacement, & relocation.
In This Role You Will Be Responsible To
- Deliver financial and non‑financial targets
- Deploy Europe/Global category strategies
- Deliver excellence through sourcing, demand management, supplier relationship management, supplier development and supplier innovation.
- Lead and implement ongoing supplier performance through setting rigorous performance KPI’s and SLA’s and through the application of a robust supplier review mechanism.
- Key collaboration with stakeholders ensuring full engagement
- Promote the highest standards of compliance consistency
Experience, Skills And Capabilities Required
- Significant indirects procurement experience, preferably with experience in HR related categories
- Strong analytical skills including data interpretation to enable development and implementation of category strategies
- Ability to find opportunities, identify and balance risks and benefits and take action to deliver the most beneficial outcome for the business
- Forensic understanding of the cost drivers to target and influence costs through end‑to‑end value.
- Ability to identify and problem solve independently
- Commercial competence, understanding of the business and judgment
- Ability to work in an agile, fast moving environment and ability to keep up with pace of change and prioritise according to business needs.
- Strong communication and influencing skills with stakeholders
- Objectively challenge established practice to stimulate alternative thinking
- Degree educated or equivalent relevant work experience
- Fluent in English. Fluent in other European language is a benefit.
Working with us
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. We embrace diversity and create an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and can belong. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure you capture this information when you submit your application.
Worker Type
Regular
Primary Location
1HQ
Additional Locations
Amsterdam, Budapest, Edinburgh Park, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Onyx, Glasgow, Paris, St James Gate
Job Posting Start Date
2025-10-16
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries
Beverage Manufacturing