Category Lead Professional Services

The Role You will be responsible for working with key blue-chip clients, fronting our offering and being the personification of everything we do. This will involve developing spend management strategies and leading the sourcing of projects with big brand and boutique consultants. What We Are Looking For A huge hunger to transform the way consultancy procurement is done (please don t apply if you are comfortable with the way consultancy is typically managed) An analytical problem solver (few categories present so many problems for Procurement ) A work ethic second to none (you feel defined by what you deliver) A passionate procurement professional (we need you to be excited about being great at this we are) An urgency in how you work (we are in a hurry) A sense of horror (at repeating the same old savings cycle every year and ending up as CPO) Someone who is slightly smarter than everyone else in the room in every way (and the Big 4/strategy houses etc will be in the room) Humility and a growth mindset (we are a fast-growing business and need you to grow with us) Responsibilities Developing and executing strategic sourcing strategies Conducting market research to identify potential suppliers, evaluate market trends and leveraging market intelligence Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring supplier performance is monitored Collaborating with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and develop sourcing plans that ..... full job details .....
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