Our client, a high profile organisation with a £multibillion spend, are currently recruiting into a Procurement Policy, Governance and Best Practice opportunity which will reach across a number of organisations and provide commercial support. 

Through cross functional working across a wide senior stakeholder community the successful candidate will provide strategic procurement and commercial advice for high value / risk, critical / complex projects.  

Operating within a ‘Centre of Excellence’ style model, the successful candidate will establish and grow positive partnerships and advise across the full procurement lifecycle on matters such as strategy, commercial innovation, risk, assurance and ongoing contract management.

This is an exciting opportunity, with real influence, that will suit candidates that can demonstrate expert commercial judgement as well excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

If you have experience of procurement / contract management within high value / complex programmes then this opportunity could be for you. A background of working with the Public Sector or within a regulated environment would also be beneficial.

This role attracts a salary of up to £74k + bonus and can be based out of a number of offices across England and Wales.

For further information please email nathan.ramsay@langleysearch.com or call +44 (0) 333 366 0839 quoting 7681NR.

Our client a leading financial services company is looking for a developing procurement professional to improve and drive best practice across their indirect procurement portfolio.  Another area of interest for this organisation is SRM and implementing a sustainable SRM process. The successful candidate will own the SRM strategy and will be tasked with leading the strategy and educating the stakeholders on the benefits of a sustainable SRM policy.

The culture of the company is open, professional and accountable. This individual will have the responsibility of evolving and implementing strategic sourcing and category management. In addition, this individual will have experience influencing and educating busy senior managers about best practice procurement.  

You will have experience of working within a developed procurement function; rapidly sourcing information, engaging with key stakeholders, analysing spend, creating workable processes and policies to result in tangible cost reductions and more strategic procurement with a focus on a number of different spends across and indirect.

 The ability to demonstrate the value of strategic procurement to the key stakeholders and provide evidence of cost savings via a more considered purchasing plan. 

Key Skills:

• Ability to and evidence of rapidly coming to strong commercial conclusions
• Indirect Procurement experience.
• Experienced in creating formal strategic procurement plans for complex and established function.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Skilled negotiator specifically within indirect procurement,
• Ability to and experience of influencing commercial decisions at board level
• Strong Excel and IT skills are essential,

For further information please email info@langleysearch.com or call +44(0)844 847 8336 quoting 7605//MB.

Langley Search & Interim is the specialist search firm and interim provider of end-to-end Supply Chain roles, including Procurement and Operational Excellence positions across the UK, Europe and Internationally. We place senior level interim and permanent positions  across Consumer, Industrial, Public Sector and Technology & Professional Services Sectors.

Take a look at our website at www.langleysearch.com, join our LinkedIn community at http://bit.ly/1MzkDeV for the latest industry insight, news and more exciting opportunities.

As the leading niche recruiter of end-to-end Supply Chain, Procurement and Operational Excellence jobs, we also provide valued career advice and support services for candidates. For more assistance with your job search, please refer to our job hunting guide: http://www.langleysearch.com/resources

Our client, a high profile organisation with a £multimillion spend, is currently recruiting a Contract Manager to work within the procurement team and liaise and advise with the wider business and senior stakeholder. This is a brand new role in the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity with the ability to really make it your own.

You will be part of an emerging team that will design and deliver a Contract Management function that will provide maximum innovation and commercial benefit/return from effective contract management. This includes drafting, overseeing existing contracts, the development of robust tools, techniques, processes, governance and compliance through engaging with senior stakeholders across the numerous business areas.

The successful candidates will have complex and high profile Contract Management leadership experience. In conjunction with this, strong experience in the management of financial elements within contracts to judge best value whilst creating and maintaining a sustainable yet competitive commercial solution is strongly desirable. MCIPS or IACCM qualification, or working towards would be beneficial.

For further information please email info@langleysearch.com or call +44(0)844 847 8336 quoting 7604//MB.

Langley Search & Interim is the specialist search firm and interim provider of end-to-end Supply Chain roles, including Procurement and Operational Excellence positions across the UK, Europe and Internationally. We place senior-level interim and permanent positions across Consumer, Industrial, Public Sector and Technology & Professional Services Sectors.

Take a look at our website at www.langleysearch.com, join our LinkedIn community at http://bit.ly/1MzkDeV for the latest industry insight, news and more exciting opportunities.

As the leading niche recruiter of end-to-end Supply Chain, Procurement and Operational Excellence jobs, we also provide valued career advice and support services for candidates. For more assistance with your job search, please refer to our job hunting guide: http://www.langleysearch.com/resources