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Sourcing Manager Technology & Indirects

Sourcing Manager Technology & Indirects

  • Location

    London

  • Sector:

    Procurement

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £70000 - £80000 per annum + Generous benefits & bonus

  • Contact:

    Peter Aplin

  • Contact email:

    peter.aplin@1st-executive.com

  • Job ref:

    691687_1731600019

  • Published:

    21 days ago

  • 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.

Hybrid role with 2 days in the office each week - City of London.

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
  • A proven track record of successful negotiation on complex and high value deals
  • Experience in cost, financial management and Agile ways of working