Procurement Manager - Professional Services

Butler Ross are currently supporting an excellent energy/utilities organisation in their continued expansion and development. Currently, we are looking to recruit for a Procurement Manager to cover the the whole of their Professional Services procurement (including strategy development). This position operates on a hybrid-working model, 2-days a week in their Warwick based office, (or an office near Reading, if preferred).

Key Responsibilities (non-exhaustive)

• Leading on the development of the strategy and implementation plan for all professional services procurement to ensure the organisation is equipped to deliver on operational duties and requirements.

• Motivating, developing and leading a team of procurement professionals

• Directly drive value creation across the spend base, through a variety of means and mechanisms

• Reporting on spend performance to provide a holistic picture of procurement activity.

• Ensuring risks are anticipated, identified and mitigated to prevent any disruptions to timely procurement delivery.

• Ensuring a rational, systematic approach to managing spend is developed and adopted across wider procurement

Ideally you will have:

• Strong influencing, negotiation, and relationship management skills; including high-spend, large-scale. complex procurement's

• High-level experience with professional services as an overall category

• Strong experience designing and implementing procurement strategies, strategic sourcing, category management, leading & negotiating high complexity and value large-scale procurement's

• Knowledge of, or experience within, regulated procurement and contract environments; familiarity with Public Contracts Regulations, Utilities Contracts Regulations or other similar regulations, laws, and restrictions.

• Excellent internal and external stakeholder management capabilities

If this opportunity may be of interest, please do not hesitate to apply or request additional information.

This position would be well suited to individuals with Professional Services category experience and who have previously held positions as any of the following:

Procurement Manager / Category Manager / Purchasing Manager / Procurement Lead / Category Lead / Head of Procurement / Head of Category