Role Overview
The role reports into the Senior Procurement Manager for Public Services and forms and integral part of the overall Sopra Steria Procurement Team. The role will manage a small Team providing procurement ownership and support directly to one of Sopra Steria's Business Units, across a wide and varied range of products and services. The role holder will support the business with their ongoing supplier requirements, in terms of new supplier development and set up, supplier commercial & contractual negotiation, cost improvement optimisation and savings, etc, but also challenge the business in terms of procurement strategy, supplier selection, supplier consolidation and procurement controls. With this in mind, the role holder will be expected to have a good working knowledge of procurement best practices, systems, tools and techniques, including but limited to data analysis, manipulation and presentation. The individual in this role will be accountable for the provision of procurement services to the business and as a result, interact with stakeholders at senior levels within the organisation, agreeing priorities, activities, targets, etc. We would expect the individual within this role to be able to operate at senior levels and ensure that the agreed business outcomes are delivered.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the Procurement Team responsible for providing support to the business;
- Working with stakeholders, develop the procurement strategy and working practices, marketing procurement capabilities;
- Ensure that Procurement is at the forefront and driving activities for any new third party requirements working alongside key business owners;
- Manage the appointment of suppliers through comprehensive sourcing processes including eSourcing tools and processes where appropriate;
- Ensure best use of data to monitor suppliers and spend in order to develop & implement approaches to re-negotiation, consolidation and savings identification;
- Ensure that existing procurement controls, policies and processes are adhered to by the business, and develop new controls where needed and appropriate;
- Provide input to the business on supplier and procurement risk through all stages of the supplier engagement;
- Challenge the business in respect to any supplier engagements where appropriate and ensure Procurement are a key decision maker in third party related activities;
- Develop and capitalise on key supplier relationships;
- Conduct regular reviews of existing contracts with suppliers to ensure continued competitiveness and value for money is being achieved and to exploit price review clauses to their fullest extent;
- Investigate any new and alternative sources of supply & third party technology in the marketplace, to enhance competition between our suppliers and to exploit any benefits for SSCL's;
- Work closely with the internal businesses and support functions which include commercial, client development, presales, bid support and transition projects to ensure Procurement are adding maximum value;
- Provide regular management updates and reporting to evidence and demonstrate procurements value to the business;
- Work closely with the wider Procurement Team to ensure parity of processes and establish any opportunities for leveraging suppliers and spend across the wider business to provide cross sector, JV and category improvements