Senior Strategic Procurement Advisor

Overview

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Réalis is currently recruiting for a Senior Strategic Procurement Advisor to take responsibility for the Professional Services Indirect Category within their Global Corporate Procurement function. You will be joining a high performing team within an excellent reputation in the procurement sectors, and this role is seen as a key development position for the right individual. You will ensure the sustained delivery of optimum supplier performance in line with agreed SLA's, while developing appropriate relationships in line with the agreed strategy for the category, as well as advise Senior Leadership stakeholders on related Policy matters.

In addition, you will line manage and support the Assistant Strategic Procurement Advisors within the team, delivering defined savings through an impartial but effective supplier management strategy and contract negotiation, and actively measure performance against agreed performance indicators and service level agreements.

Please note:

This role is a fixed‑term maternity cover.

• Category ownership of the end-to-end procurement activity.
• The on-going performance; commercial and risk management of the portfolio suppliers.
• Identification of Continuous Improvement opportunities within the supply chain.
• Ad hoc Project work as agreed by Line Management.
• Line management within the category.
• Through detailed analysis of management information, ensure contractual obligations are delivered and sustained with respect to supplier KPI's, managing corrective action activities as necessary.
• Detailed analysis and verification of savings delivery to the Client from Category Management activities.
• Identify risks in the supply chain, report and mitigate via formal risk management process.
• Manage and report on supplier performance and oversee the development of corrective actions.
• Development and execution of category strategy and supplier development plans as agreed by Line Management.

• Sufficient and relevant experience of solving problems by delivering solutions in a customer service; supplier related environment.
• Specific relevant depth of category experience in Indirect related contracts:
  • Procurement & management of Corporate Contracts.
  • Procurement & management of a Corporate Contracts Programme in line with internal Policy and business needs.
• Experienced in drafting & negotiating supplier contracts.
• Understanding of "Continuous Improvement Programme" implementation with Strategic Suppliers.
• Knowledge of Supplier and Customer Relationship Management tools and techniques and their application.
• Knowledge and implementation of risk management strategies and processes.
• Good working knowledge of current industry category platforms.
• The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills to enable the development of strong, sustainable relationships both internally and externally.
• You will have strong commercial acumen with a proven track record in delivering performance.

• Proven and relevant experience in indirect categories for a large corporate (>2,000 employees) across Professional Services.
• Demonstrable Project Management experience or qualification.
• Degree qualified preferably with Professional Stage CIPS qualification.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle etc), VMS system (SAP Ariba) and Service now.

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