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    Head of Procurement - London, United Kingdom - Oliver UK Group

    Oliver UK Group
    Oliver UK Group London, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Role: Head of Procurement / Senior Procurement Manager

    Location: Hybrid / London, England (onsite x2 days per week)

    ROLE MISSION

    Reporting to our Group Procurement Director, this role is responsible for driving a seamless procurement lifecycle through buying goods and services for our group of companies, globally. From identifying needs and developing specifications, to negotiating cost effective contracts, managing key suppliers, and ensuring service delivery exceeds business goals and objectives.

    Working closely with our Group Procurement Director to create and deliver spend synergies and opportunities, the successful candidate will be able to think strategically, can build brilliant stakeholder relationships naturally, and has a genuine passion for spend and contract data analysis.

    Key categories of spend in scope will be the management of Technology (including but not limited to software/SaaS/hardware) consultancy services, HR services and production services.

    This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity in a newly formed Procurement department. If you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and are passionate about delivering cost-effective, high-quality solutions, then we would love to hear from you.

    WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

    • To develop an opportunity pipeline to deliver short, mid, and long-term value adding initiatives.
    • Create and implement effective procurement supplier strategies that align with the organisation's overall goals and objectives.
    • Proactively leveraging data insights, benchmarks and metrics to innovate and drive both new and ongoing cost saving opportunities, aligned to business growth ambitions.
    • Adapting and championing best practice processes for sourcing products and services across the group.
    • Positively influencing our Sustainability and DEI objectives with our suppliers to help drive our goal to be Cabon net zero by 2030.
    • Mitigate commercial and reputational risk through robust contract management.
    • Developing and maintaining excellent relationships across key departments ensuring strategic alignment between procurement and business objectives.
    • Working collaboratively with key IIG delivery leads to ensure the sourcing process is clearly communicated, understood, and adhered to effectively.
    • Engage with other business functions to solidify the sourcing process (including Legal, Finance, Sustainability & Compliance teams).

    WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL

    • A minimum of five years' experience in a procurement / contract / commercial role.
    • In-depth knowledge of sourcing principles and best practices.
    • Experience of IT/Technology spend categories is advantageous.
    • Adapts and thrives working in a fast-paced environment.
    • A self-starter, with strong leadership and demonstrable experience at being able to influence at a senior level.
    • Excellent negotiation skills, including experience of negotiating high-value contracts.
    • A strong understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions to mitigate legal risk.
    • Resilience and a proactive problem-solving mindset is key.
    • Analytical and able to interpret data quickly, strong Excel skills are required.

    ABOUT OUR COMPANY

    Lots of agencies say they're different. OLIVER is.

    OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand's organisation; delivering more effective work at the speed required to drive modern businesses forward. Using our unique Inside Intelligence methodology, we build specialist, dedicated in-house agencies that collaborate with clients to form better marketing solutions.

    Established in 2004, our model is now driven by over 4000 people, working across more than 200 in-house agencies globally. Clients include The Guardian, Unilever, Barclaycard, PepsiCo, AXA, The AA, Adidas, BMW, Post Office, and 3M. OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which also includes a global content agency to Adjust your Set, design, experience, and engineering company DARE and property marketing specialists Aylesworth Fleming.

    OUR VALUES

    We are a company built on our values, we have given you a brief overview below but would love to tell you more.

    Be Ambitious to succeed

    Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what's possible

    Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

    Be always learningand listening to understand

    Be Results-focused to exceed expectations

    Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

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