Procurement Manager - Indirect

My client, a market leading global financial services institution is looking for a PROCUREMENT
/CATEGORY MANAGER - INDIRECT SPEND to join their team.

This role is a great opportunity

Marketing specific procurement experience is essential.

Length: 12 Months
start date: ASAP
Salary: 50k + 20% bonus + Health + Car Allowance
Location: London

THE ROLE:
* Identify the category strategy and a rolling programme of areas to be addressed within the procurement category
* Establish and lead cross-functional teams to manage the development and implementation of the procurement category strategy and agree the strategy with the Head of Procurement and internal customer departments
* Deliver the procurement category strategy including sourcing activities which generate benefits and achieve financial savings targets through insight and analysis of category and sub categories areas, including:
* Analysis of procurement spend and supply base to establish suppliers per procurement category and sub category
* Analysis of supply markets to identify potential suppliers and market trends
* Identification of internal and external cost drivers in the categories

ACCOUNTABILITIES:
* Educated to Degree Level or minimum 7 years experience
* Recognised as a procurement professional
* In depth knowledge of procurement within their procurement category
* Excellent analytical skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Good influencing skills at senior levels to influence acceptance of a new way of working
* Project Management skills
* Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, at all levels, are essential.
* Good IT skills to include wide experience of word documents, Excel spreadsheets (including pivot tables and charts) and PowerPoint
* Excellent planning and organisational skills
* Experience of working to deliver a new Procurement strategy is desirable
* Significant previous procurement experience with responsibility for delivery of a procurement category strategy and procurement category benefits including financial savings.

Please send me your CV if you are interested