Description
Senior Category/Procurement Manager - Financial Services
We are seeking a Senior Category/Procurement Manager - Financial Services to work on a contract basis, for a leading Financial Services organisation, based in London. The initial contract will run until March 2018.
Up to £620 per day
Overview
You will lead and create/direct EITHER a category led strategic supplier management function OR optimal sourcing strategies and value across category/sub category expenditure, using the size and scale of the Group's purchasing power and effective supplier relationships to deliver competitive advantage to the business in line with strategic and operational objectives.
Key Accountabilities:
- Contribute to the strategic direction of the business through either development and execution of the category and sub-category strategies or developing/implementing the strategic relationship management framework to minimise total cost of ownership and reflecting market conditions
- Work with teams across Group Sourcing and Divisional Leads to develop a commercially led sourcing strategy which maximises the Groups' buying power, tests current approach and drives innovative thinking to optimise market offerings
- Promote the Groups' Sourcing process and models to gain advocacy with all key Executive stakeholders, creating tangible best in class sourcing and SPRM practices and delivery
- Develop and ensure the implementation of medium term operational plans specific to supported/own area and taking into account the wider business, governance and regulatory context
- Proactively build, develop and maintain external and internal network and relationships to provide appropriate professional advice to achieve the Group's objectives
- Lead sharing of best practice and use external benchmarking data to further improve performance and to identify service and product opportunities utilising eSCM to measure against key supplier management capabilities
- Lead, motivate and coach team members to achieve a combined performance which meets the current and future needs of the business
- Embed the Group culture and vision through visible leadership
- Lead and manage self and own team in the context of relevant risk policies and frameworks
- Identify opportunities for and champion change to deliver continuous improvement
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