Job Description
Job Reference:967898CR_1644250067
Job Type: Permanent
Job Industry: Retail
Contact Name: Christian Rowles
Job Location: London
Job Title: Procurement Manager - Marketing (Global Brand £65k)
Job Salary: £55000 - £65000 Per Annum
Job Start Date:
A global retail organisation has an amazing opportunity for a Procurement Category Manager – Marketing to work with the internal stakeholders in creating a cost efficient marketing spend.
You will be reporting into the Head of Indirect procurement, going out to tender for potential new suppliers and reviewing existing contracts. This person needs to be able to work with the stakeholders in the business in their requirements and try and instigate hard cost savings, and trying to influence new methods consistently.
Categories / spend areas responsible for: Marketing, Digital, BTL, Creative, Promotions, Agency, Ecommerce, Promotions and Online.
Role and responsibilities:
* Reporting into the Head of Indirect Procurement
* End-to-end procurement management, sourcing to on-going SRM
* Negotiate on new and existing contracts, to drive down costs to the company
* Implement SLA’s into contracts to ensure service delivery is at optimum level
* Influence key stakeholders in the business to define new and effective procurement strategies
* Bring previous expertise of improving processes of any current policies
* Manage multi-million – spends across assigned sub-categories
* Identify new potential suppliers and cost saving opportunities by using market knowledge
Experience and requirements:
* Proven procurement experience within marketing or ecommerce procurement
* Achievements within an organisation either by improved service delivery or significant cost savings
* Worked within a large, multi-site FTSE organisation
* Able to work under heavy work load in a fast paced, busy environment
* No issues with negotiating and influencing all levels of internal customer / stakeholder
* Managed a led projects from start to finish, autonomously
* Experience in building relationships in varied environments
* Ideally CIPS and degree qualified – not essential
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