Procurement Category Manager Equipment & Technology

Company description

Publicis Groupe is one of the largest advertising agency holding companies in the world and a global leader in the fields of marketing, communications, and digital transformation. A Connecting Company for the Connected Age, Publicis Groupe delivers winning solutions for clients through the Power of One - driven by a common purpose, a powerful spirit, shared behaviours, great character and a relentless focus on our clients.

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Sources is the backbone of Publicis Groupe. Re :
Sources has grown to 5,000+ professionals servicing a network of prestigious agencies across the globe supporting 63+ markets. Re :
Sources is Publicis Groupe's Shared Services Platform. We provide Publicis Groupe agencies with the business solutions, technology platforms and expertise they need to transform, innovate and increase productivity.

An opportunity has arisen for a Global Category Manager to join the Publicis Groupe Procurement team. The Procurement team is a board‑mandated function providing holistic procurement business solutions to the companies within the Publicis Groupe. The department's motto is to Protect, Enrich, Challenge and Reduce Publicis Groupe spend via best‑in‑class procurement processes and negotiations. The department manages full cycle, from sourcing to vendor and contract management.

This role will be based in our London office. Please only apply if you have the right to work in UK.

The Senior Category Manager will be responsible for managing the full procurement cycle for Publicis own Production Studios spend products and services, focusing on either regional or global opportunities with occasional market specific projects focused on Publicis key markets. Previous experience with Content Production procurement (such as Video / Photo Production shooting and Postproduction equipment and software, infrastructures ...) in association with the sales cycle is preferred.

Additional exposure to implementation of complex solutions would be an added advantage. The Senior Category Manager will work on the category and on the vendor management closely with and under the direction of the Global Procurement Director Production & Market Research responsible for category strategy formulation.

The Category Manager will be expected to

have the maturity to work independently with minimal supervision, be able to use advanced business acumen to work through business opportunities, design execution plans and make optimal recommendations for ratification and approval by the Global Procurement Director Production. The Category Manager will use their knowledge and expertise to interact with very senior level stakeholders, gather and refine requirements, perform market analysis, draft RFX, execute go to market approach, negotiate contract and commercial positions and manage the vendors contract

• Undertakes complex spend analysis, spots patterns, trends and opportunities and makes recommendations for new project or commercial and legal improvement opportunities to the Global Procurement Director - Production.
• Undertakes market research and consults stakeholders to understand technical and commercial aspects of a range of complex business needs.
• Works with various stakeholders to shape and articulate complex business needs and outcomes, whilst ensuring alignment of procurement plans to wider organisational strategic objectives.
• Prepares category and sourcing strategy for approval by CPO and / or Global Procurement Director Production; explores and assesses appropriate options and tailors actions accordingly.
• Prepares well‑structured RFX documentation containing relevant information for complex requirements, including shaping qualitative criteria and pricing schedules and running fair, transparent and efficient competitive bidding processes.
• Oversees or directs the evaluation process for complex or politically sensitive procurements to ensure compliance with all policy requirements and to drive value for money outcome.
• Ability to draft contract terms from a standard template and negotiate contractual terms : ensures the application of principles of contract law in procurement…