Thames Valley

Procurement Manager (Indirect)

£45,000 plus excellent benefits

Ref: VR1138 - Thames Valley - £45,000 plus excellent benefits

Job type:
Permanent

The Indirect Procurement Category Manager is in charge of managing the entire Indirect spend. The Indirect Category is made of all company overheads and spend that is not directly related to Vehicles or Vehicles life cycle, it is subdivided into IT, Marketing & Sales, Professional Services, Travel, HR Services and Facilities for a spend of ~£25m per year.

The Indirect Procurement Category Manager works in close collaboration with all relevant business stakeholders in defining the business needs, selecting the right vendors and negotiating the commercial agreements. Through the effective use of professional procurement working practices it ensures class leading products and services are delivered to the business and have been sourced in compliance with the procurement policy and processes.

The position is instrumental in managing and improving the Company’s bottom line and profitability, as well as minimizing risks and ensuring full compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies. 

Role Specific

• Be responsible for the commercial terms & contracts that are agreed with suppliers for specific indirect categories.
• Deliver real bottom-line savings to the business
• Work with other countries where necessary using the group leverage and knowledge/best practice sharing.
• Seek and obtain market leading commercial terms
• Working with stakeholders, ensure that supplier relationship management standards reflect the needs of today and in the future and to ensure such standards are stretching.
• Ensure, through sound knowledge, effective use of the existing Procurement Policy and guide and educate internal customers in complying with it.
• Become a category expert within specific non-core categories and to identify, evaluate and implement opportunities for improvement in supply arrangements and procedures working with stakeholders.
• Keep up to date with latest procurement and best practices
• Undertake regular benchmarking to ensure that best terms are achieved.
• Identify, evaluate and manage risks with stakeholders within area of responsibility.

Experience

• Experience of procuring products and services within in-direct commodities such as Information Technology, Professional Services, HR, Finance or Facilities Management within a blue chip organisation;
• Ability to think, reason and act strategically;
• High achievement drive with proven ability to deliver results;
• Very strong analytical skills and affinity with numbers;
• Very strong commercial acumen;
• Experience in working with suppliers in a Procurement environment;
• Strong communication and relationship building skills, internally, externally and at all levels;
• Superior learning ability and agility, capability to familiarize with relevant products, processes, business model, industry and systems in a short timespan once in role;
• Demonstrates professionalism, integrity, loyalty and honesty in all work activities;
• Natural diplomacy with the ability to influence effectively at all levels;
• Displays passion and energy, defaulting to a positive and enthusiastic approach;
• Strong operational awareness;
• Ability to define and communicate own and others’ visions;
• Able to operate effectively both independently and as part of a team;
• Attention to detail and ability to provide executive summaries;
• Able to agree and adhere to challenging deadlines, proactively communicating progress and expectations;
• Open to constructive feedback on own performance and development needs;
• Ability to recognise dependencies and mitigate risks;