Role: Sourcing Manager REF 80852
Contract Length: 6 months with a view to extending
Location: Hybrid/Milton Keynes - required to work from the offices at least 2 days per week and this is non negotiable
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: DBS
Spinwell is recruiting for a Sourcing Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SOURCING MANAGER
- Develop and manage the sourcing process from business requirement to contract signature, on behalf of key customers and stakeholders, for multi-million pound medium cost and business risk opportunities, where expert levels of indirect and direct influencing techniques and political savviness are required, utilising, where relevant, commercial purpose-built models, to create and deliver significant commercial and contractual value, in support of the C&P Director’s annual savings target
- Apply the Sourcing Framework for sourcing led opportunities where total annual spend ranges between £100m to £300m and within an public sector procurement environment, to manage all risk, governance, legislative and regulatory requirements, validated by the Procurement Operations team
- Expert negotiator of sourcing enabled savings and benefit opportunities, in collaboration with all relevant customers and stakeholders, approved by Finance and applied to budgets, in support of the C&P Director’s savings target, with the commercial capability, tenacity and ambition to deliver value
- Develop and implement of sourcing specific ideas and innovation-based business cases, working in collaboration with relevant customers and stakeholders, to address existing business problems that require external sourcing specific market expertise to solve
- Facilitate the transition of Sourcing led execution to the Supplier Management team, to manage a seamless customer experience from business requirement through to post contract signature and position the Supplier Management team to optimise their delivery of full contractual and relationship value
- Demand manage and challenge customer and stakeholder common sourcing requirements to maximise overall group-wide commercial value, adopting politically savvy engagement, direct and indirect influencing and selling strategies across multiple Routes and Regions, in a complex, devolved organisation
- Develop and manage sourcing aligned continuous improvement activities, demand pipeline assessments and annual customer satisfaction surveys, to deliver an enhanced customer experience, aligned to the vision and best in class procurement ambition
- Develop the external market sourcing practices, to include commercial models and total cost of ownership assessments, within the Sourcing team, to enable the implementation of good practice and move towards a recognised best in class capability, in support of the employer of choice ambition
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SOURCING MANAGER
- Deep level of Sourcing experience in corporate and professional services categories
- Demonstrable track record of savings delivery
- Deep understanding of UCR 2016 and/or PCR 2015
- Demonstrable stakeholder management expertise
- Demonstrable level of negotiation and dispute resolution skill set
- Demonstrable experience of contract law and financial management
- Demonstrable experience of driving value from complex sourcing opportunities
- Experienced with agile cross-functional collaborative working methods
- Politically savvy, with the proven ability to use direct and indirect influencing strategies at an executive level
- Demonstrable level of problem-solving experience of complex sourcing specific challenges
- Completer finisher mindset
If you are a Sourcing Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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