Role: EMEA Snr Procurement Manager

Salary: Up to £90K + Package

Location: London

This is an exciting opportunity to play a lead role in the continued development of a "Greenfield" EMEA Procurement function, working for one of the fastest growing, global, Wealth & Investment Firms. You will support the newly appointed EMEA Head of Procurement with the development of an EMEA Procurement capability, utilising a "Business Partner" concept - driving engagement with key stakeholders across all business units to drive value creation and cost savings across a broad portfolio of Real Estate, Property, FM & Professional Services sourcing projects.

Role:
You will be responsible for supporting the growth of the EMEA Procurement capability by developing key stakeholder relationships, operating in a "business partner" capacity, driving engagement across all business units. Key to your success in gaining a seat at the table for all key sourcing programmes, will be the ability to position yourself as a trusted advisor, by demonstrating value creation and cost saving opportunities. It is expected that you will be able to manage the delivery of the end-to-end sourcing projects and help manage cross-functional stakeholders through the entire procurement lifecycle.

In turn, you will support the EMEA Head of Procurement with the development of strategic sourcing process, policy and best-practice within this recently established function.

Experience:
You will be able to demonstrate experience gained in a project based sourcing environment, with exposure to Indirect procurement on an EMEA basis.

- Experience of sourcing across the Indirect category portfolio; with demonstable evidence of success in the Real Estate, Property, FM & Professional Services

- Track-record of developing stakeholder relationships in non-mandated environment

- Ability to support the development of procurement process and policy

- Excellent Negotiation and Communication skills

- Degree and MCIPS preferred