Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd posted a job you might be interested in April 30, 2014 at 11:01PM

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd



Strategic Sourcing Manager - IT

Chelmsford, United Kingdom, GB - Financial Services

Strategic Sourcing Manager - IT



A new role following continued organisational success with the purpose of becoming an integral part of the Global Strategic Sourcing team, establishing global category strategies to deliver value and consistency across the business.





*Develop and execute strategic sourcing plan for assigned commodities and services:

*Establish effective relationships with stakeholder base

*Set clear goals for cost savings, value creation and supplier performance in context of business unit operating plans

*Use category expertise in relevant categories/commodities to establish or refine category strategy

*Conduct market analysis to develop supply market strategies

*Utilise deep understanding of industry, supplier dynamics and market trends to determine sources of leverage

*Ability to analyse spend data to identify cost saving opportunities

*Excellent oral and written communication skills

*Working knowledge of financial concepts and strong analysis

Key Skills

*Experience in corporate procurement in ideally in a finance or service related organisation.

*Knowledge of the market, suppliers and trends will be critical to supporting the organisation and creating an effective category strategy.

*The ability to organise workloads and negotiate critical contracts to tight deadlines, minimising our business risk and maximising our commercial benefit through scale and relationship are key to success.

*Strong experience in strategic sourcing and procurement is essential, to support and deliver cost saving programme across the region

*Good communication skills will be required to manage across the numerous stakeholders.

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£50000.00 - £55000.00 per annum



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