Senior Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager

Job reference: REQ000821

£50,000 per annum

Woking, Surrey, GU21 4LL / Hybrid Working

This is a UK based contract and as such, you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Evidence of your Right to Work will be checked prior to interview.

You’ll be required to work at your contracted office, 20% of your working time, which will be The Living Planet Centre, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4LL, and will need to be able to commute to this location.

Today our planet is under threat like never before. But there is hope. At WWF we know the solutions already exist to turn things around for future generations. But we must act now, and we need your help to help save our world. This is a unique opportunity to use your knowledge of indirect category management to bring our world back to life. Join us as Indirect Procurement Manager and you will be a member of a committed team responsible for ensuring the best value for money spend, reducing the risks with our suppliers and leading the procurement process for larger and strategic contracts.

As Senior Procurement Manager (indirect) , you will be responsible to:

·         Create and implement procurement strategies for defined spend indirect portfolios to include: Spend and contract owners’ identification and services to their queries, Facilitation of strategic process with cross-functional team, Creation and implementation tender and contracts, supplier management.

·         Chair certain tender boards and lead the procurement process for the designated categories.

·         Provide advice and guidance on procurement best practices across all levels of the organisation.

·         Participating in creation and improvement of procurement systems, policies and procedures.

·         Participating in the procurement reporting to senior management and trustees

·         Provide high quality support, advice, guidance and training regarding procurement or suppliers activities to various level of staff involved in WWF-UK.

For this role, you must have

·         Experience in indirect category management delivery in multi-stakeholders’ environment

·         Category management introduction in a highly tactical driven environment

·         Demonstrated experience of working as a procurement professional in an organisation with a proven track record of achieving procurement improvements and cost savings.

·         A good technical appreciation and experience of several indirect procurement categories that include marketing.

·         Experience on whole procurement cycle from challenging requirement, tender, negotiating, contractualization and supplier relationship management

You will also possess excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills and be effective building relationships.

If you are enthusiastic about improving outcomes through procurement and want to make our world a better place through your work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our website via the link. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV and Supporting Statement to highlight what makes you a good fit for us.

WWF UK are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. As a Disability Confident Employer, we acknowledge that some candidates may require additional support to overcome barriers experienced during the application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team via our website.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We are looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.