Procurement Manager

About The Role FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Procurement Associate to work for our client within the finance sector. This is initially a 12 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in London.

Our client recognises Procurement capability has a growing potential to contribute to cost management capability as well as improving the value from our vendors. Over the last 12 months, a number of changes have been implemented to help enhance the maturity of the Procurement function (from a greenfield environment). This role is to support the team and has a particular focus in carrying out purchase order processing and contract reviews /renewals.

Responsibilities

Carry-out contract negotiations and process purchase requisitions

Respond to, and adhere to, new and existing regulatory guidelines and initiatives, enabling them to effectively assess and manage the risk introduced by engaging with third parties during the course of executing business activities.

Engage with stakeholders to understand business needs, ensure that procurement policy and processes are being adhered to, and that best practice is delivered.

Support the procurement leads in the delivery of procurement activities relating to all spend areas.

Implement/ renew contracts in accordance with the end-to-end procurement process.

Ensure processes and procedures are fully documented and followed.

Deliver value through cost savings, value generation, and demand management.

Carry out contract remediation activities.

Monitoring and reporting against agreed KPIs / Dashboards/ Trackers / Spend Reports (as and when required).

Process Purchase Requisitions.

Cleanse data in the system

About You

Experience in contract reviews / negotiations– ability to quickly understand, review and interpret contract clauses, and negotiate an optimal contractual position.

Efficiency- Ability to review, negotiate and implement a high volume of purchase orders and contracts within a short period of time.

Ability to thrive under pressure and short deadlines.

Very comfortable with data analytics. Ability to use data to support an ideas, or identify new opportunities and add value.

Experience working in specific Procurement systems (Coupa, Ariba, SAP or Oracle).

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Strong attention to detail and accuracy, as well as the ability to produce relevant and valid reports.

|Ability to multitask and support the team across a number of activities

Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with large number of stakeholders.

Ability to approach problems enthusiastically and confidently to drive tasks through to completion.

Minimum 3 years experience business experience , preferably in a Procurement role.