Job Description
Job Reference:985682CR_1641298093
Job Type: Permanent
Job Industry: IT Services
Contact Name: Christian Rowles
Job Location: Hertfordshire
Job Title: Procurement Specialist - Services (multiple roles)
Job Salary: £40000 - £48500 Per Annum
Job Start Date:
1 or 2 days in the office and 3 or 4 working from home – currently fully remote!
A truly global technology business has multiple Senior Buyer roles (covering all indirect spend & IT), supporting a group procurement function.
Reporting into your line manager in the business you will support them on strategically managing your category. Over the past 12-18 months the procurement team has grown, with global remit and are now getting ahead of the curve to implement strategic, category management to create not just financial savings but also longer term benefits for the business.
Role and responsibilities:
* Working in a global team, working in a fast paced and strategic environment
* End-to-end procurement management, sourcing to on-going SRM
* Influence stakeholders who might not have worked with the procurement to sell the benefits
* Look after contract renewals, renegotiating when needed / improving SLAs
* Manage multi-million spends across assigned sub-categories
* Identify new potential suppliers and cost saving opportunities by using market knowledge
Experience and requirements:
* Worked within a large, multi-site organisation
* Adapt, where stakeholder approach might need to tailored
* No issues with negotiating and influencing all levels of internal customer / stakeholder
* Experience in building relationships in varied environment
* Ideally CIPS and degree qualified – not essential
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