Procurement Manager - London, United Kingdom - LHH Recruitment Solutions

LHH Recruitment Solutions
LHH Recruitment Solutions
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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Procurement Consultant - Professional Services Category


Looking for a Procurement Consultant to provide end-to-end category management support, strategic sourcing, and procurement of professional services and outsourced/technology services on a global scale under general supervision (but will work independentlymost of the time).

This person will work on a global team, with teammates in the UK, APAC, and the US, supporting up to $100M category of spend.


Responsibilities

  • Professional services management
  • Collaborate with Northern business partners to develop and execute sourcing and procurement strategies
  • Analyze industry and vendor data / trends and make recommendations to business partners about key insights, tradeoffs, and risks
  • Collect requirements and specifications from partners and lead competitive bidding processes if applicable (e.g. RFx, eAuctions, etc.)
  • Negotiate commercial arrangements and contracts with vendors
  • Present negotiation strategies and opportunities to partners and management
  • Assist with forecasting / planning processes, demand management, and developing contracts that scale future enterprise needs
  • Provide thoughtleadership around improvements of global policies, operations, programs and processes
  • Drive vendor quality and performance improvement initiatives and harness vendor innovation ideas
  • Carry out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impacts
  • Utilize internal tools and vendor management systems to execute SOWs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or Finance (MBA preferred)
  • 3+ years of relevant procurement category management experience (emphasis on contingent labor/professional services preferred)
  • Previous experience with vendor management system (VMS) Beeline, and working with a Managed Service Provider preferred
  • Understanding of procurement best practices
  • Experience developing and implementing process improvements
  • Experience with Labor Contracts, managed services contracts
  • Success working with cross functional and diverse teams
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Strong time and project management skills
  • Detailoriented
  • Ability to breakdown complex problems and resolve them through independent research and analysis
  • Past experience presenting to executive and senior leadership
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