Procurement / Category Business Partner

Procurement / Category Business Partner
Excellent Day Rate (Inside IR35)
Contract, 6 months+
Edinburgh (Hybrid)
Posted Tue 18 Jun 24
CVs by 8am Mon 24 Jun 24
Start date Aug 24
  
Meraki Talent’s global financial services business is actively looking to appoint a Procurement / Category Business Partner to support the global organisation in procuring goods and services to enable the global organisation. Reporting directly into the ‘Head of’ you will be involved in the procurement activity for business defining projects and will manage high level, high risk activities. The Procurement / Category Business Partner will provide SME procurement expertise to enable the development of Category Strategies.
  
Responsibilities of the Procurement / Category Business Partner:
  
- Support the execution of procurement plans across in-scope expenditure
- Develop the implementation of procurement systems and solutions
- Lead high level procurement initiatives including Tenders, RFP’s and negotiations
- Provide SME procurement input and expertise to enable the development of Category Strategies
- Manage relationships with key suppliers
- Keep abreast of developments within supply markets
  
Background of the Procurement / Category Business Partner:
  
- Solid background in Procurement with good all round experience across a variety of commercial verticals (HR, Marketing, Technology, etc) essential
- Experience working within financial services essential
- Experience dealing with large budget and/or high risk spend / categories
- Experience working within a large global business essential
- A solid level of financial literacy is essential, able to understand profit & loss, balance sheets, cash flow etc
- Happy to work in the Edinburgh office on a hybrid basis each week
  
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Gordon wants: Procurement, Categories, Supply Chain, Financial Services
  
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