Senior Sourcing Manager

at  Zellis

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Either Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply level 5+ or a relevant degree level qualification
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders to develop and deliver purchasing strategies
• Experience delivering strong commercial deals across a spectrum of spend from multi-million-pound deals to deals for tens of thousands of pounds
• Ability and experience to work with poor performing suppliers to turn the service around (in conjunction with business owners)
• Experience in identifying future savings opportunities and working with finance to deliver saving forecasts against budgeted third-party costs
• Demonstratable leadership qualities with experience managing people
• Ability to write and review legal documents (with referral to legal on key points)

As a Senior Sourcing Manager, you will be a procurement professional who has broad experience buying across IT and indirect categories, with experience of delivering value and savings through the end-to-end procurement process. The role will have 2 direct reports and will be responsible for the development and upskilling of the team as well as working with all levels of stakeholders across business guiding them through the changes we are looking to implement.
Our Procurement and wider Finance & Corporate Services teams all work on a hybrid basis, with two days per week from our Bristol office and the rest of the week working remotely. You will have the same working arrangements, with Wednesdays being a mandatory office day to ensure the teams have the opportunity to connect in person at least once a week.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the procurement team
• Application and ongoing enhancement of the procurement policy to align with best practice developments.
• Management of contracts in line with ESG principles ensuring best practice is adopted.
• Identifying and delivering sustainable savings across the supply base.
• Working collaboratively with business leaders to establish supplier plans that enable the delivery of efficiency / transformation programmes.
• Building and maintaining long-term relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Working with Compliance to perform risk assessments on potential contracts and agreements.
• Assist the delivery of a category management model with appropriate controls (future aspiration).