Procurement Officer leading diverse procurement projects at National Records of Scotland. Researching, sourcing, and supporting colleagues in procurement activities while ensuring compliance with policies.
About the role
- As a Category Specialist at Phoenix Group, manage indirect procurement services and supplier relationships across various categories. Focus on strategy development, sourcing negotiations and cost savings initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Category strategy development: Develop and implement effective category plans and sourcing strategies for Marketing & Brand and Market Data, ensuring alignment with broader business goals.
- Supplier selection and management: Research the supply market to identify, assess and commercially manage end-to-end supplier relationships, ensuring high-quality services, competitive pricing and strong commercial value.
- Sourcing and negotiation: Lead, or support, sourcing events and negotiations. Deliver robust commercial outcomes, optimise contract structures to drive value whilst reducing commercial and operational risk.
- Deliver and embed cost savings: Implement cost optimisation strategies, including but not limited to demand management, rate optimisation and process efficiencies, to deliver sustainable savings and improve profitability.
- Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with sourcing activities, including regulatory and contractual changes, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards, supplier resilience and continuity, and operational/commercial risk exposures.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including Finance, Legal, Risk and Business Unit Executives to understand requirements and provide strategic guidance and support.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives with our Centre of Excellence team, ensuring that procurement and third-party management best practice is adopted to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our function.
Requirements
- Indirect Procurement experience, ideally in the categories outlined above or similar categories, with an understanding of external supply markets and value levers.
- Good negotiating skills with the ability to influence and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Working knowledge of contracting models, commercial terms and conditions, and the confidence to negotiate them.
- Working knowledge of financial services regulation and how it impacts third-party risk, contract structures and procurement execution.
- Experience of working with procurement tools and systems.
Benefits
- £50,000 - £55,000 plus 16% bonus up to 32%
- private medical cover
- 38 days annual leave
- excellent pension
- 12x salary life assurance
- career breaks
- income protection
- 3x volunteering days and much more.
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