Indirect Procurement Manager

The Skills You'll Need: Procurement, Sourcing, Analysis, Negotiations Your New Salary: £Competitive Location: Central London/Hybrid Job status: Permanent Start date: ASAP Working hours: 37.5 hours per week Who You'll Be Working for: Well known and highly respected luxury brand. Indirect Procurement Manager - What You'll be Doing Each Day: As a member of Europe Regional Procurement, you partner with local Maisons and Functions in the UK to drive and professionalise procurement practices, and to deliver solid business value on all axes – from quality and services to competitivity, compliance and sustainability – for all indirect categories (Marketing, Retail, Professional Services). Lead and develop the Procurement Function: * Develop and promote the procurement function, engage with key stakeholders * Develop and implement the local procurement strategy, in line with Regional and Global Procurement strategy * Contribute to Regional Procurement strategy and initiatives Drive Procurement Excellence: * Manage and enforce procurement policies, procedures, and controls * Implement procurement tools and best practices * Train, coach and support stakeholders * Track and report performance and compliance Optimise sourcing and provide sourcing support to Maisons and Functions: * Partner with stakeholders to establish sourcing strategies * Setup and manage preferred suppliers * Lead major tenders and negotiations to obtain best conditions * Lead or support supplier relationship management Indirect Procurement Manager - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed: * You are an established and versatile sourcing and procurement professional with experience in international environments. * You have worked with indirect procurement i.e. Marketing, Events, PR. * You have excellent communication skills and are capable to work with diverse and demanding stakeholders in a challenging and fast-paced environment to build and drive collaborations, foster best practices, and deliver concrete results. * You are structured and have excellent analytical skills. * You have strong negotiation skills and are capable to engage suppliers at executive level on diverse spend categories. Please follow us on Linkedin: people-first-supply-chain We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation. People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability. People First (Recruitment) Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website