Procurement Manager

Job Description

Procurement Manager Location: Osterley, West LondonWe are actively looking to secure a Procurement Manager to join Experis as one of our expert consultants, delivering services to our clients.Experis Consultancy is a Global entity with a well-established team with over 1000 consultants on assignment across 20 clients globally. Our UK operation is growing and has very aggressive plans for expansion over the coming years. We form part of the Manpowergroup of companies that turn over $20 billion a year collectively.Experis UK have partnerships with major clients across the UK spanning multiple industries; our approach is a very personal one, with both our clients and our own employees. We are passionate about training, technology and career development.The RoleThis role is an exciting opportunity to join a large broadcast and telecommunications company, to work within their Group Procurement team.As Procurement Manager, you will be contributing the strategic sourcing direction for Enterprise Software related spend categories within our clients Group Procurement function. The role will involve interaction with other departments at a global and locallevel including various Technology areas, Finance and Legal.

• Working with the Global Software and Content Licensing Procurement team to assess and deliver against Group Procurement objectives
• Ownership of the Procurement strategies for the agreed Software categories.
• Build and maintain senior stakeholder relationships with appropriate regular communication, ensuring clear understanding and alignment between their strategic technology plans and Procurements direction.
• Be able to work closely with procurement and business colleagues across the wider Group, including teams in Italy, Germany and America.
• Provide strategic commercial input to a broad range of initiatives, including company-wide cost-saving programmes
• Lead negotiations with key strategic suppliers at a global and local level.
• Demonstrating a flexible approach to driving financial and non-financial benefits.
• Understand the factors and challenges faced in the IT industry and be able to use this knowledge to introduce innovation and challenge current business processes.
• Evaluating all options against all relevant factors i.e., technical, commercial, logistical, risk etc and recommending the best option to the business
• Proactive investigation and value-driven expansion of Procurement involvement in further Software categories.

Youll have:

• Proven Procurement experience specifically including the development of category plans and the data analysis to feed into the plans.
• Understanding of relevant Tech Stacks and how they align with business needs.
• Procurement processes, knowledge, and experience of running sourcing activities including RFPs
• Experience of working in a global / pan-European function, being able to manage varying demands and needs within a single project
• Ability to put relevant structure around the decision-making process and ensure all options are understood in relation to the business requirements
• Ability to manage variety of projects and the associated expectations
• Strategic vision/understanding to help balance immediate requirements against long-term needs

Technical skills

• Fluent in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Web research
• Procurement tools and e-sourcing platforms, such as Ariba Cloud

Interested candidates should submit their CV in the first instance

Keyskills :
AribaProcurementProject ManagementSoftwareStrategy ManagementWeb Research