My Client a leading Brand is currently looking for a specialist Category Manager. The Category Manager will report to the Director of Procurement helping internal stakeholders gain best value from their spend portfolio.  You will join the current team in delivering strategic and tactical procurement projects in Technology, Corporate Services, Events & Travel categories.

You will work closely with the various department to run tendering processes, contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management.  You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience technology, sourcing and procurement with an amazing brand.

Skills required:

• Sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of Technology, Professional Services & Travel & Events
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Experience working in blue chip organisations.
• Ideally educated to degree level
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info @langleysearch .com quoting MB/7727.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch .com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

Job type: Project Manager – Spend Analytics

Location:  London

Our client is an FTSE 100 Media organisation, is looking for an experienced Project Manager – Spend analytics with in-depth experience collecting data, analysing data & presenting findings to C-suite stakeholders globally.

The suitable candidate will lead and coordinate the overall running of the project on a day-to-day basis. You will be the contact point between Procurement, Data teams & the wider business

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Work closely with the Procurement to roll out the project in a timely and organised manner;
• Facilitate and coordinate the communications between technical stakeholders, Procurement & Data & Insights Team;
• Manage and escalate issues, risks and queries as and when required;
• Liaising with the internal Systems Development team regarding the implementation of user requirements, agreed workflow and reporting functions
• Coordinating agreed processes
• Providing regular reports
• Supporting users in accessing information

The Candidate will have:

• Previous experience as a Project Management on a Data Project
• Experience working with users to further improve existing electronic data management processes and reporting
• Highly skilled and significant experience in the use of Microsoft Office and other software associated with the manipulation of data and extraction of reports
• Experience in gathering user requirements for IT systems under development
• Experience liaising with internal and external Information Systems teams to establish the required processes.
• Ideally has worked in a project-based environment and understands project management disciplines
• Personal Qualities
• Excellent communication skills, written and spoken
• An eye for detail
• High standards of quality

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/7688.

Langley Search & Interm (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

My Client a niche procurement consultancy is currently looking for a specialist IT Category Manager. The IT Category Manager will report into the Director Onsite at one of their prominent clients. You will be helping their clients gain best value from their IT portfolio.  You will join the current team in delivering strategic and tactical IT procurement projects in IT categories.

You will work closely with the client to run tendering processes, IT contract negotiations and with ongoing vendor management.  You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurement projects to tight deadlines. 

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to see a diverse set of projects and experience technology, sourcing and procurement in a very interesting sector.

Skills required:

• IT/ sourcing and procurement experience, across the categories of hardware, software, telecoms & professional services.
• Expertise in Contract drafting and negotiation,
• Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities. 
• Experience of the project lifecycle, IT implementations and life in IT departments
• Experience of developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk

Experience Required:

• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent and CIPS, MCIPS or FCIPS qualified.
• Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
• The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business
• Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.
• Demonstrate you are a team player, a good networker who will add value to any team.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch.com quoting MB/7608.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch.com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs