Group Procurement Manager - FM

A brand new role in the midst of a group procurement re-structuring, to support the business across all HR and Consultancy spend globally as Global Category Manager - FM

This role will be reporting in the Head of Indirect Procurement, to own, develop and create group procurement strategies across FM - this will encompass: Hard and Soft FM working at group level - in addition to this, you will be directly managing one person who will support you on the category. To be suitable for this role you will need to have worked for global, multi-site, multi-regional businesses working internally with senior-level stakeholders and truly be a SME in the FM category.

Roles and responsibilities:

Create, develop and implement strategic procurement strategies across group FM, Hard and Soft
Report directly into the board to manage create a forward thinking strategy for the group
Understand the scope, scale and current layout of the category to initiate category plans
No team leadership in this role, but utilise other more junior team members for support
Advise local and regional key stakeholders on technical improvements whilst ensuring best service efficiencies
Work with the legal department in ensuring contracts are compliant and have best SLA''s in place
Challenge department leads on current process using market knowledge on potential improvementsExperience and requirements:

Have deep category knowledge and proven procurement experience in the FM
Experience in writing category strategies in a global, blue chip sized company
Confident negotiator when working with whatever level of internal or external stakeholder
Able to support a business whilst they embark complex transformation
Previously develop sourcing and RFP strategies to roll out across wider company
Highly motivated to work in a hectic, busy and fast paced environment working under pressure
MCIPS and Degree preferable, not essential

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