Procurement and Commercial Lead
Reading – Hybrid Working
6 Month Contract
Inside IR35
Lorien is currently recruiting for a Procurement and Commercial Lead to join our client on a 6 month initial contract, inside IR35.
In this role, you will lead a procurement and commercial team within a large IT change programme. The role holder will lead a team of procurement and commercial professionals, managing a complex supplier ecosystem, to ensure the programme delivers on time and to budget.
What you will do in this role is:
* Put in place procurement and commercial contracting strategies and governance to manage the supplier ecosystem
* Lead the commercial engagement with up to 10 key supply chain partners
* Demonstrate we are receiving value for money from the supply chain
The skills required in order to be successful in the position:
* Have lead the procurement activity within a large IT change programme
* Are a self starter, well organised and think several steps ahead
* Can deploy optimum contracting approaches based on requirements and where there are multiple dependencies
* Lead SRM engagements and implement supplier scorecards
* Can develop procurement strategies
Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.