Procurement Manager Pay : £700 per day inside IR35 Contract Length: 12 months Start date: ASAP Onsite requirements: 1-2 days per week Location : Bristol Experience/Skills Experience working across the business working with senior stakeholders to build category plans, with the ability to establish credibility and drive costs savings, supplier resilience and deliver supplier governance to mitigate risk and deliver performance. Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills with experience in leading high value, complex Confident to challenge constructively the business areas with new ways of working, technology and processes to secure sustainable savings and value. Comfortable in coaching and mentoring Contract Managers to ensure the level of commercial value is enhanced to secure greater value across the complete supplier lifecycle. Experience working in a technology business, knowledgeable of cloud, AI and automation technology, the benefits, constraint, risks, and issues, able to identify and mitigate through strategy and commercial negotiation. Knowledge and credibility across various technologies, innovative by nature, inquisitive with the ability to confidently challenge and influence stakeholders. Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills with experience in leading high value, complex negotiations, including outsourcing and offshoring activities. Knowledge of regulatory landscape in a Financial Services environment Understanding of EBA Guidelines on Outsourcing Good data analytics skills with the ability to understand financial, economic, risk and contractual data and to consolidate into easy-to-read documents and presentations. Additional Info: Strong experience in technology procurement, predominantly software and services, with evidence of working with large software platforms such as Workday, Microsoft etc. Experience in general outsourcing arrangement would be of benefit