Procurement Business Partner
Posted 18/09/2024 by TH Recruitment
Procurement Business Partner Midlands or South
About Constellia
We are experts in professional services spend management. Established in 2007, we manage and influence spend in over 150 organisations across the UK public and private sectors. Our Procurement MSP was established in 2020 as an alternative to traditional procurement frameworks or long-winded procurement activity. We also facilitate the Consultancy Procurement Council which is global network of professional services category experts from over 100 of the world’s largest organisations, influencing £billions of spend.
Working with us can be fast paced; we’re a diverse, hard-working team united by a drive to help each other in a fun and friendly way, celebrating our success as a team. From day one with us, you’ll be a key player in our inclusive and supportive fast-growing business.
Our main office is based in Nottingham, but we recognise the need to be near our clients and so ideal applicants will be based in the Midlands or South.
The Role
This role owns key client relationships and will have responsibility for managing upwards of £50m of indirect spend. Through strategic sourcing and transactional procurement activity you will work as an extension of the clients existing procurement function.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Being the primary point of contact for clients
- Developing relationships with senior client stakeholders
- Leading and engaging with Constellia colleagues to ensure the successful
- delivery of support from implementation, procurement operations, finance and legal
- Conducting large strategic sourcing procurement activity across a broad range of indirect supply types
- Engaging and negotiating with suppliers
- Delivery assurance and performance management
- Presentation of client MI and quarterly reviews
Essential Experience/Attributes:
- Between 5-10 years in direct strategic sourcing across the public or private sector
- A very strong sense of ownership – who feel defined by what you deliver
- Driven starter-finisher “fixers” – who find opportunities for improving what we do
- Keen to grow skills as the business grows (a growth-mindset)
- Type:
- Permanent
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- 7
- Job ID:
- 221735944
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