Procurement Manager

Job Title: Real Estate & Office Services Procurement Manager

Contract Duration: 06 months

Location: London, United Kingdom

Working Pattern: Hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Lead procurement actions to deliver against category strategies.
• Lead category - specific RFx to enable global / regional / local execution efficiency.
• Drive contract negotiation results.
• Conduct spot buying and ad hoc business requests and executes strategic sourcing events.
• Identify opportunities to reduce tail spend by driving more strategic sourcing events.
• Deliver excellent client service experience.

Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills to drive coordination between legal and business stakeholders for contract completion.
• Strong understanding of Source-to-Contract processes.
• Strong knowledge of standard buying processes. Strong knowledge of contract negotiation processes.
• Relationships building, influencing, and collaboration skills Strong understanding of Source-to-Contract processes Project management and execution.

Desired Experiences:

• Understanding of facilities operations and real estate construction projects.
• Demonstrated sourcing and contract negotiation experience; has led and managed complex sourcing projects, negotiated contracts focused on TCO, not just price.
• Understands negotiation process and priorities - managing risk and not just price - other value-added opportunities.
• Demonstrated focus on total value and mitigating risk.
• Someone who demonstrates limiting liability/risk while creating both monetary and non-monetary value.
• Understands procurement and supply chain performance management processes.
• Experience establishing robust & detailed scope of work documents, KPIs and SLAs with stakeholders to ensure expectations of supplier are clear and documented.
• Global experience is preferred; while majority of work will be focused on EMEA, it is valuable to have experience working collaboratively on a global level.
• Experience leading initiatives virtually and/or working remotely is desired.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business, similar field or equivalent experience.
• CIPS (or equivalent), or working towards would be desirable but not essential.