Senior Sourcing manager

Purpose of your role
To deliver global sourcing and procurement initiatives and on-going supply governance/risk management support for Global procurement activity. The Senior Souring Manager seeks to achieve value for money services, maximise operational efficiency, and provide effective risk mitigation and operational controls across the range of supply arrangements enters into. The role will be based in ’s Oakhill office near Tonbridge in Kent with periodic travel required to ’s offices in Kingswood near Reigate in Surrey and Cannon St in London.

Your key accountabilities
This role requires a set of skills that encompasses the full spectrum of souring and procurement activities:
·Able to develop a global category strategy for ‘active’ management single expense line for both supply and demand levers;
·Excellent relationship management and communication skills are required to ensure you are able to become and been seen as a trusted adviser to the senior business stakeholders;
·Leading demand challenge and driving innovation, i.e. establishing longer range plans, assessing opportunities and leveraging market developments/industry best practises to drive efficiencies and global cost savings;
·Driving procurement processes and taking responsibility for leading contract and service level agreement (SLA) negotiations. Ensure clear accountabilities, timelines and deliverables are established; and ongoing status routinely communicated to projects teams and stakeholders;
·Assisting and mentoring service owners in managing external supplier relationships in particular the performance management, service delivery, SLA monitoring and reporting;
·Proactively managing new suppliers, services and service extensions in conjunction with business sponsors and other stakeholders to maximise the benefits sought, e.g. financial, operational, risk mitigation etc.;
·Undertaking supplier and contract management activities, including: facilitating the setup and engaging in / providing oversight of key supplier governance arrangements; managing contractual processes & formal contract changes; supplier benchmarking & financial/risk assessment reviews;
·Ensuring accurate and up to date of contracts and supplier records are maintained, and commercially sensitive information managed in line with ’s information security standards;
·Maintaining awareness leveraging opportunities for and with other Procurement teams globally;
·Keeping internal stakeholders informed of procurement activities and progress through collaborative working and pro-active communication. Establishing an engagement process & maintaining awareness with/alerting stakeholders of potential future procurement activity;
·Maintaining awareness of industry developments and best practises. Keeping abreast of potential new supply arrangements, latest products/services from a procurement perspective to prompt and promote innovation in;
Your skills and experience
·Strong market knowledge and evidence of utilising that knowledge to make changes to procurement plans and business decisions
·Experience of supplier selection via formal Rfx processes
·Experience of resolving disputes and English contract law concepts and contract term constructs
·Strong team working skills, and ability to operate across teams, cultural and organisational boundaries
·Experience of working in an ambiguous environment
·Ability to multi task and prioritise workload with a strong attention to detail and stakeholder management
·Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, and ability to visualise, articulate ideas and concepts succinctly
·Business aware and customer focused
·Strong negotiation, facilitation and procurement leadership skills
·Demonstrate familiarity/ease with utilising technology effectively, including sourcing support tools such as eRFx & eAuctions, spend analytics & decision support, contract management etc
·Demonstrate broad understanding of financial management principles (e.g. TCO, p&L etc) and other quantitative information to ensure procurement outcomes are both financially and qualitatively sound
·CIPS or equivalent qualification/experience