Procurement Manager defining and executing global procurement strategy at Walkers Professional Services (WPS). Overseeing purchasing activities and vendor relationships while implementing procurement policies.
About the role
- Procurement Lead establishing and managing global procurement function at Multiverse. Driving strategic value and efficiency in spend across SaaS, Contractors, and Marketing sectors.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute a procurement strategy aligned with our commercial goals, focusing on value creation, cost-efficiency, and compliance across all indirect spend.
- Lead sourcing, negotiation, and contract management for our key spend categories: SaaS, Professional Services/Contractors (SOWs), and Marketing/PR.
- Own and optimize our P2P tech stack. You will be the business owner for Omnea, Ramp, and their integration with NetSuite, driving adoption and building frictionless workflows.
- Establish and scale procurement policies, governance frameworks, and approval workflows that enable the business while managing risk.
- Build and scale a vendor management framework to ensure performance, manage risk, and drive value from strategic suppliers.
- Partner with our Security and Legal teams on the Vendor Due Diligence (VDD) process to ensure suppliers meet our security and data standards (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001).
- Implement dashboards and analytics to provide visibility into spend, vendor performance, savings, and ROI.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for procurement matters and evangelise a culture of smart, responsible spending across the business.
- Act as the primary procurement expert, managing the function end-to-end.
Requirements
- A Senior Manager or Head of level professional with 8-12+ years of progressive experience in indirect procurement or strategic sourcing.
- You must have experience building a procurement function from scratch (or "from 0 to 1") in a similar high-growth, tech-first environment.
- This is a hands-on role. You must be an autonomous expert comfortable being the sole, senior procurement professional—willing to run the sourcing process, negotiate contracts, and configure the system workflows yourself.
- Deep, hands-on expertise in sourcing and managing our key categories: SaaS, Professional Services/Contractors, and Marketing/PR.
- You must be genuinely tech-savvy and comfortable in a modern fintech environment. Direct, hands-on experience with Omnea, Ramp, and/or NetSuite is a significant advantage.
- Excellent communication skills with the credibility to influence senior leaders (VPs, Directors).
- Strong negotiation, commercial acumen, and contract management skills.
- Comfortable using data and analytics to guide decisions and measure performance.
Benefits
- 27 days holiday, plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day, 2 volunteer days, 2 company-wide wellbeing days (M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year
- private medical Insurance with Bupa, a medical cashback scheme, life insurance, gym membership & wellness resources through Wellhub and access to Spill - all in one mental health support
- Hybrid work offering - we collaborate in the office 3 days per week
- Work-from-anywhere scheme - you'll have the opportunity to work from anywhere, up to 10 days per year
- weekly socials, company wide events and office snacks!
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