Travel and Professional Services Procurement - London, United Kingdom - Charles Russell Speechlys

Charles Russell Speechlys

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Working with the Procurement Manager to ensure our Supplier Relationships deliver best value and great service for the Firm.

This role is a split between leading procurement and sourcing projects and being the dedicated contract manager for our Travel related contracts and providers.

Role and Responsibilities (this is a broad but not exhaustive list)

Procurement:

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management where you will undertake industry and market analysis, conduct supplier negotiations and support in the development and implementation of procurement strategy plans.
Guidance and strategic stakeholder engagement leading and executing projects, influencing commercial decisions and proactively engaging with the business and service functions.
Responsibility for ensuring Projects within the team are delivered within time, budget and functionality and must have excellent communication skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
Build strong relationships and be a crucial figure in positioning procurement more strategically within the Firm.
Leading procurement and strategic sourcing projects over the full procurement life cycle, from gathering stakeholders' requirements to ITT, RFP, RFQ, contract negotiation and award, and supplier relationship management (SRM).
Working with procurement and sourcing projects in indirect categories such as Human Resources, Professional Services, Business Development, Marketing and Facilities, including contracts relating to Software as a Service (SaaS).
Ensuring compliance with processes to monitor and manage risk within our supplybase and wider supply chain.

Travel Category Management:

Management of the Firm's Travel Policy including monitoring of compliance and periodic updates.
Contract Manager responsibility for the Firm's travel related suppliers including Travel Management Companies and direct agreements with hotels, airlines and ground transportation.
Ensuring the Firm adheres to all relevant travel regulations and procedures and that our service delivery offers best practice by way of travel booking and management.
Ensuring centralised, effective and relevant targeted communication within the Firm is achieved ensuring the travellers and bookers are aware of the relevant processes, the relevant contracts and the specific country contacts that are in place.
Responding to queries regarding travel management process and bookings.
Working with stakeholders to define the strategy of Travel Management for the firm.
Monitoring industry trends to influence the Travel management strategy whilst driving continuous improvements on a Global basis.
Implementing & maintaining processes for carbon management to achieve the Firm's net zero ambitions.

Qualifications and Experience

Previous working experience as working on the travel category with an excellent knowledge of travel management process.
Reporting & analytics able to provide monthly reports related to Carbon Management & travel statistics.
Good systems knowledge with IT technical knowledge. Good experience of Microsoft products including Excel
Contract negotiation experience including terms and conditions, as well as commercials.
Contract management experience and managing Service level Agreements (SLA).
A proven procurement background and experiences within a professional services environment, with strong understanding of professional service categories and strategic procurement process.
Understanding of IT and technology contracts & sourcing processes.
Bachelor's degree education / CIPS is preferred however not essential.

Person Specification

Organised and process driven individual who can work to tight deadlines.
Highly motivated individual who will be able to deal effectively with conflicting requirements.
Strong customer focus able to deal with requests and queries and manage stakeholder expectations.
A strong desire to build effective and sustainable relationships with your stakeholders.
Troubleshooting skills and incident/problem management.
Commercial awareness, financial acumen.

Competencies