Role: Senior Procurement Manager - Consultancy & Advisory
Salary: Up to £75K + Car Allowance + Bonus + Market Leading Pension + Private Medical + 30 Days Holiday
Location: Manchester (2 days p/w on-site)
Overview:
If you're passionate about working for an organisation who is committed to creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues are supported to succeed, and that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains, and develops the most talented and committed Procurement colleagues - this will be the opportunity that you've been waiting for! Our client is a leading global retail bank, committed to driving innovation and efficiency, whilst raising €200 billion + in green financing by 2030.
Role:
You will be tasked with;
1. Developing innovative category strategies to drive commercial value and efficiency across a £150m Consultancy & Advisory spend portfolio
2. Develop an agenda which seeks to encourage commercial innovation across the portfolio - supporting internal customers to recognise the value and opportunity presented by "challenger" vendors
3. Utilise your deep market knowledge of the Consultancy domain in order to position yourself as a trusted business partner to key stakeholders, encompassing the CxO community
4. Manage the in-house, captive, sourcing execution team through the S2C process for all go to market procedures
Experience:
You will demonstrate;
5. Deep expertise in the Consultancy & Advisory category domain - Big 4, Tax, Audit, Advisory, Financial Crime etc
6. Experience of developing 3-5 year category plans, road-maps and strategies
7. Track record of delivering commercial innovation within the category - including the introduction of "challenger" vendors into the portfolio
8. Evidence of challenging CxO level stakeholders in regard to their appetite for Risk within the portfolio
9. Experience gained in regulated private sector organisations - Pharmaceuticals and/or Financial Services preferred
***Due to our client's requirements, applicants must be based in the UK and hold current/valid UK RTW***