Talent Drive | B Corp™
Senior Procurement Manager (x3 roles)
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Category Manager (x3)
£60,000 to £80,000 | £6,000 car allowance | Discretionary Bonus | 30 days holiday | Private Healthcare | + many more benefits
Office locations: Milton Keynes, Bradford or Glasgow (3 days a week)
A globally recognised Bank
Category areas of focus (x3 roles):
- HR & Marketing
- Banking Operations (Services, ATM, Postage, Mail, Insights)
- Credit agencies (Experian/Equifax)
- Debt Management
- General Financial Services
Role Overview
Three brand new roles working for a well-known Global Bank who are growing their team following a large-scale acquisition of another bank, to manage their spend strategically, align and separate contracts to ensure there is a solid and robust supply chain.
You will have access and build close working relationships with the C-Suite, developing robust category strategies, utilising the best suppliers which give the company the best service for the company, that will follow to ensure cost efficiencies are met.
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Role and responsibilities:
- Create a category strategy through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
- Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group
- Support the development of global category strategies to a clear and prioritised pipeline of sourcing projects
- Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
- Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
- Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
- Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
- On top of delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency
Experience and requirements:
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- Technical SME experience in Technology, Software and AI categories
- Financial or Professional Services industry experience preferred, having worked in a regulated environment
- Worked in a complex business and knowledge/understanding of complications and approach following M&A
- Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
- Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
- A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
- Will have a track record of extensive category management, effecting change and continuous improvement through implementation of innovative category strategies
- Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
- Able to adapt in a very fast-paced, continuously changing environment
- MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential
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