Procurement Lead

Position: Procurement Lead (Permanent)
Procurement Lead - CIPS Qualified - Milton Keynes/Hybrid - to £60,000

Our client, a well-established and highly reputable professional services organisation, are seeking a Procurement Lead. The focus of the role is to deliver Procurement services to assigned business areas and support business areas to manage their third parties.

As the Procurement Lead - your responsibilities will include:

* Working closely with the business to deliver commercial benefit and supplier performance improvements.

* Lead the delivery of end-to-end Procurement activity for assigned business areas.

* Negotiations of contracts with suppliers, working with legal counsel where needed.

* Support product owners in development of SLAs.

* Ensure the organisation's requirements are clearly articulated to support suppliers.

We are looking for individuals who are fully qualified in CIPS and have experience in IT Services and Professional Services. Looking for someone who is highly IT literate and holds a good knowledge of the IT software industry and best practice in dealing with suppliers.

You will need to be a confident communicator, who can be proactive, as well as having strong negotiation skills when dealing with suppliers, and self-motivated with the ability to work to tight deadlines as required by the senior management team