Procurement Services Manager/ Consultant - IMMEDIATE ROLE!
Salary: Up to £66, 000 per annum,
Full time permanent role (hybrid working pattern)
Based Surbiton area - free parking!
We are currently recruiting for an accomplished and highly experienced MCIPS or CIPS qualified Procurement Services Consultant on behalf of our client a well-known, exciting FMCG global brand. This role is a hybrid role based at the company's new "state of the art "Head Office based in the Surbiton area. The ideal candidate will possess a solid background within tender and contract management and possess superb negotiation skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- To engage with different departments in the business analysing and highlighting the needs of each department and conducting market research
- Onboarding new procurement categories
- Demonstrate innovative thinking and proactivity where looking at new services implementation or strategic solutions
- Managing the tender process from market research, to creating tender packs, completing scorecards and presenting final recommendations
- Conducting strategic sourcing initiatives, including negotiations, supplier and industry analysis, benchmarks, cost structure analysis ensuring process compliance
- Supplier negotiation and drafting contracts
- Contract management
- Stakeholder management
- Multi-tasking and juggling a varied workload within a fast-paced environment without compromising on quality of work and attention to detail
- Preparing summaries, overviews and project status documents for senior management
Budget tracking and control
- Managing and maintaining supplier relationships for internal procurement for the organisation for products and services within the process procurement department
Person Specification:
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- MCIPS qualification (Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement Supply) or CIPS Level 4 as a minimum requirement
- A solid background within procurement with excellent and understanding and knowledge of procurement processes and procedures
- Experience working with suppliers, contract management and tendering
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Effective negotiator and confident communicator and presenter (able to present and propose projects/ideas to Board level employees)
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel
- Ability to prioritise projects and communicate effectively accordingly
- The ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently within tight deadlines
- Ability to deal with a large amount data (numeric and/or literal) and being able to extract key information
- Live within a commutable distance from Surbiton
Benefits include:
- 30-35 days holiday including Bank Holidays
- Health Insurance
- 10% in-store discount
- Ongoing training
- Enhanced family leave
- Pension scheme
- Free parking plus further generous benefits and perks