Procurement Manager

You will join a small team of Procurement Managers dedicated to the procurement of third-party learning products, events, courses, and programs for delivery to Capita clients. Working closely with Supplier Relationship Managers, Client Account Teams, and the client stakeholders, you will deliver best value to the client through best practice competitive sourcing techniques whilst ensuring that suppliers are contracted through the appropriate contracts and processes.

We are a close knit and highly collaborative team and good team ethos is important to this role. Working in this ever-changing environment you will need to be highly motivated. You will need to be happy to adapt to and encourage change within the department.

Key activities and responsibilities:

• Act as procurement / sourcing subject matter expert and advise clients and internal stakeholders in respect of appropriate sourcing methods and procurement best practice.

• Work closely with Capita client account teams and client stakeholders to turn client learning requirements into detailed sourcing specifications.

• Work closely with Supplier Relationship Managers, Capita client account teams, and client stakeholders to identify suitable suppliers to bid for opportunities.

• Deliver optimum value to Capita clients through the selection of suppliers via RFI / RFQ / RFP / competitive dialogue events, including the facilitation and hosting of supplier presentations to Capita clients, and the coordination of proposal evaluations.

• Negotiate and execute contract terms and SOWs including service levels with suppliers.

• Write detailed contract summaries for contract handover to Supplier Relationship Manager.

Key Performance Indicators:

• 3rd party cost savings achieved through competitive tender and price negotiation.

• Compliance with Capita client contract requirements.

• Adherence to procurement process SLAs and stakeholder satisfaction.