Global Procurement Specialist - Indirects (Fortune 500)
1 day ago
Uxbridge
Global Category Specialist - HR & Professional Services (Europe) | £55,000 to £60,000 | 20% bonus | 8% company pension | Private Healthcare | 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays | + many more | Based in the Windsor/Staines area - 2 to 3 days a week on site | Working for a globally leading group, with 6 household businesses within it. A brand new opening for an experienced HR & Professional Services category expert to join a large, multi-site, global procurement function reporting into the Head of Indirect Procurement who's based in Europe. In the midst of a global transformation, you will need to be able to work at pace, be able to adapt to change and have a confident manor to engage with senior stakeholders in the UK and various countries in Europe. Role and responsibilities: • Create category strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings, • Develop category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices, • Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge, • Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance, • Be commercially astute and looking for best value across all projects you engage in, whether proactively or reactive, • On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency Experience and requirements: • Experience in Category Management across HR & Professional Service, • Worked in a global business and able to work at pace, in a period of change and transformation, • Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business, • Confident in negotiating and managing C-suite stakeholders, • Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions, • A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs, • Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries, • Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment, • MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential