Senior Procurement Manager

Are you a hands-on, commercially driven Senior Procurement Manager / Head of Procurement, with experience of shaping and delivering a Procurement strategy? Do you excel at senior stakeholder management, with first-class negotiation and influencing skills? Can you demonstrate a proven track record of driving tangible value in the procurement process and delivering against financial cost saving targets? If your answer is 'yes' to all of these, keep reading.

Please note we adopt a hybrid approach to our ways of working which for this role will see you based from our modern office in Trowbridge (Wiltshire) a minimum of 2 days per week.

Want to know a little about us? At Novuna Vehicle Solutions, we’re passionate about building a better tomorrow which is why we’re lighting the way in the electric vehicle revolution. From family cars to HGVs, we’re helping customers of all kinds on their journey to carbon-free mobility. We’re proud to be a Top 50 Inclusive employer. We’re a signatory of the Women in Finance and the Race at Work Charter and we’re Disability Confident Committed.

What does the role involve? Reporting into our Head of Finance and working closely with our Head of Supplier Relationship Management, you’ll lead our procurement team to ensure we deliver a professional, operational and strategic procurement service that delivers cost saving initiatives and optimises value add opportunities on a range of direct services automotive categories (garage network, tyres, breakdown etc), achieving a best in class experience for our fleet customers and drivers. Some of your key duties will include:

• Proactively manage sourcing, contracting and compliance for all direct goods and service provisions, embedding a best in class procurement governance framework.
• Responsibility for the procurement data (inc. contracts) repository, and the analysis and procurement-related MI that monitors performance and risk, and provides market insights.
• Maximising value added opportunities within the portfolio, ensuring market leading SLA's and KPI's are in place, with highly competitive costs and terms with suppliers that align to our values.
• People management and leadership of your team to optimise performance and deliver development opportunities.

What are we looking for? To be considered for this role you’ll have proven experience of leading a procurement function to deliver strategic goals. Commercially astute, you’ll be able to demonstrate experience of embedding a strategic procurement roadmap that delivers cost saving initiatives using innovative solutions. You’ll be a motivational people leader with the ability to inspire your team to achieve success and provide them with opportunities to develop their skills and experience. Also, we’re looking for the following:

• Industry experience within automotive/vehicle leasing/fleet management would be highly desirable.
• Qualified to MCIPS level or able to demonstrate relevant experience.
• The ability to collaborate, challenge and influence senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Successful delivery and negotiation of complex and diverse contracts through tender processes.

What can we offer you? At Novuna we take our people promise seriously. If you join us, you’ll have a chance to make a difference, opportunities to learn, and time to shine. In addition to a market-benchmarked salary our offer to you includes:

• An annual bonus of up to 25% of your salary.
• A brand new electric car of your choice from a range of leading manufacturers (insurance, maintenance, servicing all included) or monthly cash alternative.
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution.
• Flexible hybrid working - 2 days per week from our office in Trowbridge.
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell 5 days.
• Full wellbeing package including Bupa PMI, digital GP service, 24/7 employee assistance, plus wellbeing events throughout the year.

What’s the next step? Interested? Start your application today and see what Novuna can offer you. Novuna has been named one of the top 50 most inclusive employers for the fourth year running and this is also reflected in our recruitment process. We are committed to ensuring our application process is inclusive and accessible to all candidates. We’re Disability Confident Committed, so if you’re a person with a disability, if you’re neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.