Procurement Business Partner - Operations
West Midlands - hybrid/flexible working
The Procurement Business Partner is responsible for leading the development of strong relationships with business stakeholders to represent Procurement, ensuring that the function is delivering outcomes which are aligned with business priorities.
The Business Partner will be embedded at senior level ensuring that the pipelines of work are generated and visible to Procurement in advance and will translate business needs into actionable procurement market facing requirements.
The business partner will understand business plans and strategy and requirements in the short, medium and long term, presenting forward-looking solutions which meet the strategy. The Business Partners acts as a trusted advisory for the business on all matters related to Procurement.
Responsibilities:
Act as the face of the Procurement function with leaders in Asset, ensuring any procurement related issues and actions are dealt with effectively and where required escalated as appropriate.
Establish and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor on procurement matters.
Identify collaborative procurement opportunities and potential benefits for the organisation.
Lead the integration of collaboration procurement strategies across the business where appropriate and in line with category management strategies.
Influence stakeholders to ensure the procuremen...