Procurement Manager - Corporate Services (multi-role campaign)

Sourcing Manager - Corporate Services (multi-role campaign) | £52,000 to £58,000 | 28 days holiday + BH | Private Healthcare | Amazing Pension | 75% Travel Discounts | Milton Keynes HQ - 1 day a week in the office | UK Largest Infrastructure business for Travel

This is a company where you will see their brand every day and everywhere you go, who have a number of new positions, looking with people who have broad Corporate Services, proactive approach, is use to strategic procurement and most importantly have the drive to develop their career within a business. This organisation has an extremely low turnover due to endless career progression opportunities.

In order to be suitable for this opportunity, you will have full end-to-end procurement experience, with a strategic mindset and have experience in working with and managing senior level stakeholders.

Not essential, but preferable; anyone with UCR, PCR, OJEU or being trained on the PA 23 could be advantageous.

Role and responsibilities:

• Create relevant category strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
• Develop category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
• Support the development of category strategies to a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
• Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
• On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

Experience and requirements:

• Worked for a large, complex and multi-site business
• UCR, PCR, OJEU or being trained on the PA 23
• Broad indirect and corporate services category experience
• Ability to engage, negotiate and influence senior stakeholders up to Director level+
• Strong stakeholder management, using different approaches to type, level and maturity of relationship
• Analytical mindset and have strong communication skills to present ideas to the business
• Worked in a large and cross-functional procurement team
• MCIPS qualification nice to have, but not essential