Role: Procurement Manager - Professional Services
Location: Greater Manchester (50% Hybrid Working)
Salary: Up to £70K + Excellent Package
1st Executive are seeking a Professional Services Procurement Manager on behalf of a high-profile FTSE100 organisation - who have demonstrated record growth over the past 24 months! They continue to transform their customer facing propositions as well as their internal business models, with Procurement playing a key role in providing early access to new tools and solutions offered by their 3rd party supply partners. This is a fantastic role with an organisation who are actively encouraging innovation and creativity to ensure the business is able to meet its on-going growth ambitions in a fast moving industry!
Role:
1. You will be responsible for the delivery of end to end sourcing projects across the breadth of the Professional Services and Consultancy portfolio
2. Operating in a "business partner" capacity, you will engage C-Level stakeholders, nurturing relationships to ensure the value of Procurement is recognised.
3. You will guide and mentor your internal customers through full lifecycle sourcing projects spanning the professional services sub-categories, identifying opportunities to innovate the way the at 3rd party consultancy solutions are utilised.
4. You will be responsible for the definition and implementation of category strategies.
5. In turn, you will be expected to introduce best in class supplier management initiatives as well as further innovative 'value-add' procurement initiatives.
Experience:
6. Procurement experience gained in the Professional Services & Consultancy category
7. Demonstrate some experience of working in a regulated industry sector - ideally Financial Services
8. Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skill-set; demonstrating success in influencing decision making in a business partner capacity
9. Evidence of developing 3-5 year Category Strategies
10. Degree and/or CIPS qualified is preferred
***Due to our clients requirements, applicants must be based in the UK and hold current/valid UK RTW***