Location: London
About Our Client:
Procurement Heads are partnering with a fast-growing digital information services business that utilises and drives intelligence, analytics and performance data.
A fast-growing, innovative global company with a dynamic and diverse culture, our client takes great pride in delivering a world-class, cutting-edge service to their global clients. By applying the latest technology they enable their users to find their competitive edge and make decisions with confidence, armed with the insight they need. Delivering trusted intelligence and insight to users around the world through a range of tools and platforms that combine proprietary data and unique analysis. They make sense of complex, fast-changing information and enhance critical decision-making.
With an international team of over 1000 experienced professionals, our client has a proven track record of informing, engaging and connecting legal practitioners. Their specialist platforms help clients enhance their decision making, manage legal risk and drive improved performance.
Role Overview:
Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced global Procurement professional to join the business and develop, drive and scale procurement globally. Reporting into the Finance leadership, this high-profile role involves developing the foundations of a green-brownfield purchasing organisation and then scaling and implementing the pathway to strategic procurement across international markets. This role will be responsible for developing and executing category strategies, ensuring supplier performance, and delivering commercial value while reviewing and recommending the governance, framework and procurement policies for all markets. This is a hybrid working role with 3 days required on site in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, develop and execute a high-impact procurement strategy – ensuring clear vision, accountability, policies and procedures
- Build great relationships with clients, stakeholders and the internal team, collaborating to help identify future opportunities for value creation
- Deliver high-impact category management procurement and governance, ensuring alignment with the wider business strategy
- Identify and execute short-term cost savings, assess and develop the digitalisation opportunity for the short-medium and long term horizons.
Candidate Profile:
The ideal candidate will have proven track record of hands-on, operational and strategic procurement development; previous experience setting up procurement from scratch, have strong expertise in category strategy development, supplier negotiations, and contract management and have excellent commercial acumen.
In addition, strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align across multiple business functions; have solid experience in high growth/post-acquisition and PE/VC environments.
Why Join Our Client?
This is an exciting opportunity to create and shape the future of procurement, drive efficiencies, and have an immediate impact on the P&L. The base salary offered for this role is £90,000 – £100,000 plus wrap around package.
If you are a motivated, hands-on procurement leader ready to make a significant impact, we want to hear from you.
