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We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.
We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

• Lead the delivery of our ESG ‘How we Buy’ strategy and work closely with the ESG leadership team to embed into firmwide strategy.
• Deliver training to the procurement team and buyers across BDO and ensure the ESG strategy is embedded in all procurement categories and buying channels.
• Maintain the ESG and Modern Slavery Policy on Insite and ensure updates are communicated appropriately.
• Support other teams to maintain and improve BDOs accreditations and annual submissions for reporting bodies such as Ecovadis and CDP.
• Helping ensure our ongoing supplier onboarding and supplier management/ capacity building activity addresses ESG targets.
• Direct Shared Service Centre to ensure ESG plans in the supplier portal are stored to correct metadata standards & establish a framework to report on baseline improvements.
• Supporting the Category Management team with the strategic sourcing for all requirements e.g. HR, marketing, finance, professional services etc.
• Support the Head of Procurement in achieving the Procurement 2028 vision and annual department objectives, alongside savings targets (cost, time, process and efficiency).
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to create and manage the ongoing relevant Category plan(s) and ensure it is a ‘living document’.
• Build an effective, business focused and surgical engagement strategy for our key stakeholders with a ‘one procurement’ approach.
• Working with the wider BDO procurement team in the cost-effectiveness of negotiations with market leading suppliers and ensuring compliance of negotiated agreements to established vendor management policies (such as articulation of service levels and deliverables, etc)