Procurement Operations Specialist

Leading financial services organisation require a Procurement Operations Specialist. Applicants need experience in procurement operations, procurement best practice, or a broader operations, compliance or reporting role within financial services could also work.

The Procurement Operations Specialist is an exciting end-to-end procurement role, encompassing; supplier onboarding, analysis of procurement data, process improvement and risk management. The role would suit someone with procurement experience in in the indirects space or within a professional services setting with a good handle of operational processes and compliance. A go-to for stakeholders and procurement colleagues alike, the Procurement Operations Specialist will be able to advise on procurement process, procedure and systems usage.

Specific duties of the Procurement Operations Specialist include:

• Front-end procurement work around supplier onboarding and supplier due diligence
• Management of procurement department data to produce reports and KPIs to drive procurement decisions and processes
• Stakeholder partnering across the business with Risk colleagues but also externally with the supply chain
• In conjunction with Procurement leadership look at methods to optimise and refine processes from sourcing to SRM and Risk
• Ensure compliance to industry regulations by driving effective use of procurement tools and systems

Procurement Operations Specialists should meet the following criteria:

• Previous procurement experience, perhaps in sourcing, category management, SRM or operations
• Experience within a regulated field - professional services, public sector, financial services etc would be advantageous
• The ability to drive change and improve/optimise processes
• A broader experience in operations, risk or compliance could work in this role especially if within FS space
• Analytically minded with data analysis skills
• The ability to influence and negotiate, internally and externally