Procurement & Vendor Manager

Department Overview

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Responsible for creating and owning the procurement and supply chain strategy and identifying any gaps against any existing policy and procedures, whist creating new ones if needed.
• Drive demonstrable operational savings through working with each global function by aligning procurement with the function strategy, driving synergies and consolidation, or looking for more cost effective solutions.
• Build a KPI framework and agree quarterly procurement target savings through aactive management of third-party spend and renewals.Lead all procurement related operational matters, driving cross-team and customer collaboration. Creating, setting and leading the overall direction for the procurement policy, spend analytics, procurement related regulatory standards, risk, assurance, governance and compliance matters related to third party spend.
• Manage the lifecycle of sourcing and procurement activity, from planning and bid preparation to budget/forecasting, negotiation, conracting invoicing, reporting and renewals.
• Develop product category strategies aligned with business needs, build a supply chain capable of delivering the desired service levels, at competitive cost and ensure suppliers are willing to invest in the strategy.
• Drive savings by developing and applying strategies including volume leverage, supplier concentration, supply chain segmentation and negotiate prices, schedules and other terms as required.
• Develop collaborative long-term partnerships with suppliers, contractors and outsourced service providers to reduce costs, to meet legislative requirements and achieve high quality outcomes.
• Ensure that procurement activity is compliant with all relevant regulatory and best practice frameworks, including DORA, operational resilience and ISO27001.
• Provide strategic supply base management including supplier selection, negotiations, and supplier relationship/performance management.
• Lead strategic development, improvement and implementation of best practice procurement frameworks and tools, adapting with customer needs, changing business and external market priorities.
• Lead the engagement and influence of senior leaders, challenging operational and governance-based decision making.
• Create a collaborative model for sustainable procurement operational success (ESG).
• Lead when required external market assessments specific to operational, sustainability and CSR matters e.g. market trend analysis, market dynamics, market shifts, new product offerings, innovation and trends.
• Support business-critical supplier risks and assurance matters.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key internal/ stakeholders.
• Lead/ oversight on market tenders/ evaluation processes when required across a cross-functional teams to determine supplier selections, understanding business requirements and structure.
• Support contract owners with questions related to compliance with regulations when taking in new suppliers or working with existing ones.
• Drive strategic initiatives further to develop the procurement process and its supporting material.

Business Knowledge / Technical Skills

• Proven success in establishing credibility, respect, and trust with teams and executive leadership in a complex global environment.
• Experience in navigating and understanding commercial agreements.
• Well-developed negotiation and conflict resolution capabilities.
• Strong business judgement, instincts, and organizational skills.
• Having a strong ability to read and understand legal requirements and know how to apply them to strategies, structures, and processes that foster compliance.

Leadership / Management Skills

• Leads by example, embodying the culture and values of the Company;
• Cultivate an environment of psychological safety, innovation, creativity and increased productivity;
• Able to anticipate issues and risks and mitigate accordingly;
• Credibility in dealing with clients and colleagues across a complex organisations with different cultures and geographies;
• Ensuring and maintaining the standard of all documentation for their department’s systems, controls, policies and processes;
• Maintenance of decision-making records;
• Previous line management experience essential.

Systems / Knowledge Skills

• MS Office; Outlook, Word, advanced Excel including V-Lookups, pivot tables;
• HR Systems – Workday
• If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us !