Procurement Generalist

My client, a market leading global financial services institution is looking for a Procurement Manager to join their team on 3 month rolling contract. This role is a great opportunity for a Procurement professional to gain experience in a well known organisation.

Rate: circa £450 per day
Length: 3 months
start date: ASAP

Location: London, City

THE ROLE:

Generalist procurement manager who will be required to cover a broad range of categories of spend in a three year old procurement function within the UK banking business.

Key category experience of interest are:
* IT
* HR - Recruitment, Staff Benefits, Other
* Professional Services - Consultancy and Legal Services

Key responsibilities will be to:
Deliver and apply best practise procurement, contract management, supplier management and stakeholder management skills and put these into practise across a dynamic and challenging environment.
Stakeholder management will be a key aspect and is therefore an important skill set in this role. Whilst a procurement policy and guidelines are in place, these are currently being updated in collaboration with wider risk functions and will require appropriate communication to educate and guide our customers through the appropriate processes to achieve best value for money and mitigate risk.
This role will also require a solid understanding of end to end category management practise and approach, savings delivery will be a key aspect of the role balancing that with the needs of our customers.
Experience of e-tools is desirable also as the Procurement team explores operational efficiencies available.
My client, a market leading global financial services institution is looking for a Procurement Manager to join their team on 3 month rolling contract. This role is a great opportunity for a Procurement professional to gain experience in a well known organisation.

Rate: circa £450 per day
Length: 3 months
start date: ASAP

Location: London, City