Overview
Senior Procurement Manager Jobs in London – England – UK at Peregrine
Title: Senior Procurement Manager
Company: Peregrine
Location: London – England – UK
Category: Supply Chain/Logistics, Management
The Procurement Team is responsible from the concept to contract of the Procurement lifecycle, covering Category Management, market analysis, sourcing, negotiation, and contracting for goods, works and services and in line with DCCs licence and Procurement Policy, working alongside the in-life Category Management and Strategic Supplier Relationship Management teams as part of the commercial function.
As part of DCC’s procurement transformation, DCC is creating a Sourcing function of 20 people, consisting of a Head of Sourcing, 4 Senior Procurement Managers, 12 Procurement Managers and 3 buyers and a Commercial Finance analyst. The Senior Procurement Manager will lead a team of 4 procurement managers and buyers, to deliver a category led buying approach from tactical buying to strategic multi-year procurements.
The role reports into the Head of Sourcing.
What will you be doing?
The Senior Procurement Manager will be responsible for:
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Manage, lead, and deliver sourcing activity to assigned projects and categories utilising established negotiation, benchmarking, strategic sourcing techniques &sustainabilitypolicies.
Working with C-Suite executives within and outside DCC to set and implement, sourcing and procurement strategies for all assigned DCC’s 3rd party spend –£500-£1bn/10yrs per Category.
Providing thoughtleadershipon sourcing models to meet the different needs of the business – from catalogue and auctions through to complex multi-year transformational procurements.
Providing sourcing expertise on one of the following areas:
– Telecoms, Technology and IT, Security, Outsourcing,Innovationand Professional Services
The Senior Procurement Manager must be able to demonstrate experience as follows:
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Experience in leading Procurement Teams.
Manage, lead, and deliver sourcing activity to assigned projects and categories utilising established negotiation, benchmarking & strategic sourcing techniques &sustainabilitypolicies that aligns with the Net Zero aims in the UK Government.
Creation and implementation of supplier contracts, incorporating key commercial and contractual requirements
Understanding of regulated and a non-regulated procurement and sourcing environments.
Ideally with reference to secure and critical national industries.
Extensive Executive Stakeholder Management
These roles will change how we will consume energy for the next generation (25 years) and beyond. They are critical to support DCC and the Smart Meter programme.
What are we looking for?
Technical:
Significant Sourcing experience with a demonstrable track record of savings delivery
Strong research and analytical capabilities, in particular supply market research, spend analysis, business requirements analysis and bidder response evaluation
Proven level of negotiation and dispute resolution skill set
Experience with cross-functionalcollaborativeworking methods
Solution driven, innovator, focusing on total cost and value creation
An analytical mind-set: comfortable manipulating large volumes of data
Outstanding track record of analytics,problem-solving,innovationand risk mitigation
Strong attention to details and proven ability to work in an open / auditable way fitting to a regulated environment
Interpersonal:
Open,collaborative, and engaging style
Strong written and verbalcommunication. Able to moderate style to ensure effectivecommunicationto all stakeholders in a complex environment.
Ability to navigate and dr…
