Senior Procurement Business Partner
Senior Procurement Business Partner
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Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Procurement Business Partner to provide category expertise to the business be a true lead on all things Procurement and effectively consult and influence both internal and external stakeholders. Working as part of the Indirect Procurement team you will promote and implement high professional standards to ensure procurement philosophies are thoughtfully explained and effectively implemented. You will foster positive working relationships both within the team and across functional boundaries using strong EQ to navigate multiple tasks within a matrixed environment.
Main Duties:
- Provide procurement leadership to internal stakeholders using experience and influencing skills where needed.
- Plan and organise category work streams both tactical and strategic development.
- Manage at least 1 direct report with the possibility of this increasing as the team grows.
- Ensure that all aspects of transactional procurement of goods and services for category are achieved.
- Optimise total value being delivered to the end user on time and to the required quality standard.
- Support and motivate Procurement team to achieve departmental measures of performance.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
- Negotiate contracts with suppliers that provide best value to the business.
- Rationalise and develop supplier base to those that provide best value to the business.
- Liaise with budget holders to ensure that stakeholder requirements are fully understood facilitating effective procurement delivery.
- Where appropriate advise budget holders of the likely outcomes of negotiations and possible alternative strategies that may achieve budgetary targets or other outcomes desired by the budget holder or better fit the wider procurement strategy rather than the immediate tactical needs of the budget holder.
Qualifications :
- Extensive procurement experience ideally supporting corporate business areas such as HR Finance and Legal.
- Experience as a people manager or mentor to junior team members
- Ability to establish strong relationships internally and externally at all levels of business.
- Ability to react quickly and prioritise immediate operational requirements.
- Good problem solving and team working skills with ability to work under own initiative.
- Excellent communication negotiation and influencing skills are essential.
Additional Information :
Williams is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
