Procurement Manager - IT& Indirects Generalist
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Location
Edinburgh
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£55000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus, Generous Package
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Contact:
Peter Aplin
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Contact email:
peter.aplin@1st-executive.com
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Job ref:
691688_1731605420
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Published:
21 days ago
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Expiry date:
2024-12-14
This is an opportunity to achieve excellent exposure in a highly visible role and to make a real impact with your work across new and exciting areas of Technology!
You'll be developing and implementing joined-up, global sourcing strategies and solutions that incorporate the full contract life cycle across multiple spend categories, geographies, and business areas.
The skills you'll need:
To succeed in this role, you'll need commodity and procurement knowledge, across a variety of supply chain categories - primarily Tech/Software but also ideally other indirect corporate & business services and other products and services across the Group - with a demonstrable track record of success in implementation. You'll be educated to a degree level or equivalent, and you'll have experience of leading strategic and business critical supplier relationships and contracts to deliver sustainable improvements.
Prior experience in a financial services or a similar regulatory environment would be beneficial.
You'll also demonstrate:
- A proven track record and experience with contract law and legal knowledge relevant to Sourcing & Procurement
- Experience of applying supply chain skills and techniques to positively disrupt business strategy and outcomes
- A proven track record in taking ownership for resolving issues within a procurement environment
- C-Suite stakeholder engagement is a must
- Experience of the end to end procurement life cycle, including strategy development, strategic sourcing, supplier selection processes, contract and commercial negotiation, onboarding and ongoing contract and supplier relationship management
- Software Tech sourcing experience ideally
- A proven track record of successful negotiation on complex and high value deals
- Experience in cost, financial management and Agile ways of working