ARM are working with a client side rail business to help them recruit a Strategic Sourcing Manager for an initial 6 month contract to be based from home.

This role will allow you to be based working from home, with the requirement to travel to the office in East London as required and at least once a month.

Suitable applicants will ideally have prior experience gained working for or seconded into a client side rail business and will also be MCIPS qualified.

As the Strategic Sourcing Manager you will be providing procurement insight and input into the development of business strategy, including responsibility for the delivery of procurement strategy, in line with operational business needs. Supporting managers in enhancing business performance through improving the performance, capability and motivation of its people. Provide the procurement expertise to projects. Identifying and own procurement best practice on behalf of the business.

Your responsibilities

As the Strategic Sourcing Manager you will be required to carry out the following responsibilities;

• Develop the Sourcing process for complex, medium to high spend goods or services, utilising, where relevant, commercial purpose-built models. Influencing annual spend in the range within an OJEU environment, managing all risk, legislative and regulatory requirements
• Working collaboratively with the Strategic Category Managers and relevant customers & stakeholders (at ‘Heads of’ level) to execute the Integrated Category Strategies through the development and delivery of a Sourcing pipeline
• Lead negotiator of significant savings and benefits, in collaboration with all relevant customers and stakeholders, approved by Finance and applied to budgets, where applicable
• Establish a collaborative way of working with all relevant customers and stakeholders that supports the successful transition of Sourcing led execution to Strategic Supplier Management
• Challenge demand and aggregation of requirements of customers and stakeholders to maximise overall value, whilst aligning to customers’ and stakeholders’ objectives and priorities
• Recognised for their Sourcing expertise, providing specialist Sourcing advice. Introduce innovation, expertise and ideas to deliver Sourcing led competitive advantage
• Conduct regular competitor and supplier market watch assessments in the delivery of the optimal Total Cost of Ownership
• Lead a team of Sourcing Specialists and/or Sourcing Managers and contribute to the development of the Sourcing team to maximise value for the organisation by supporting and providing guidance to peers and input into training requirements and fostering teamwork

You will have the following experience:

• Managing a team of buyers and senior buyers (objectives, development plans etc)
• Ensure the team are meeting their procurement timescales and supporting as needed
• Assurance of sourcing strategies/tender documents/award reports in line with UCR and internal Commercial & Procurement Policy
• Experience in supporting the Head of Sourcing in continuous improvement activities
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to prioritise requirement as necessary
• Ensure reporting is completed in line with deadlines
• Public Sector Experience
• Experience dealing with Procurement strategies, governance and assurance
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to prioritise requirement as necessary

You will also have these Qualifications and Skills:

• Educated to a degree standard or equivalent and MCIPS qualified (or equivalent professional body with chartered status)
• Significant Sourcing experience with a demonstrable track record of savings delivery within a rail infrastructure environment.
• Line management experience
• Solution driven, innovator, cost and value led
• Proven level of negotiation and dispute resolution skill set
• Experience with cross-functional collaborative working methods
• Politically aware, with the ability to use direct and indirect influencing strategies
• Demonstrable level of problem-solving experience and in large, complex organisations

Please Note: Due to the nature of the work my client carried out and their position within the public sector, this role is deemed inside of IR35.

If you have carried out this function in a large infrastructure programme environment and this opportunity sounds like the position for you, then please get in touch or apply today.

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

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