Senior Sourcing Manager in London

To lead strategic procurement sourcing projects, end to end, categories include Technology, Real Estate and Consultancy.

This global role will require engagement with stakeholders across a number of offices. They will work day‐to‐day with the procurement team, risk teams, business stakeholders, fee earners, up to Executive Director level.

The Senior Sourcing Manager will be responsible for key relationships and global areas of spend, in particular:

• Technology
• Real Estate
• Professional Services / Consultancy

The Senior Sourcing Manager will be responsible for:

• Acting as a procurement subject‐matter expert across your area.
• Collaborating with the Procurement team and stakeholders.
• Negotiating commercial and contract terms with suppliers.
• Supporting initiatives to ensure growing compliance and adherence to the firm's global procurement policies.
• Contributing as a Procurement team member and helping drive the Procurement value proposition.

As a member of the wider Procurement team, the Senior Sourcing Manager is expected to run and manage RFPs, mark up contracts, negotiate with suppliers, and manage internal processes. The role will involve presenting and utilising influencing skills, which will be paramount, in order to articulate complex projects to stakeholders, with agreement up to Executive Director level.

Your experience:

• A strong understanding of procurement best practice, process and tools and its application to a comparable organization.
• A strong understanding of key procurement categories including Technology and Real Estate.
• Good experience identifying and delivering large cost savings and efficiency opportunities through developing global sourcing strategies.
• Good experience leading large, complex global Technology and Real Estate procurement projects.
• Good experience negotiating and marking up supplier contracts.
• Experience managing and influencing difficult stakeholders and suppliers.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership teams and project committees.

How we will support you:

From your first day with us, you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and develop your skills and knowledge. From formal training, informal coaching and mentoring, to skills‐based and technical training, and on‐the‐job learning.

Hybrid working:

This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum 50% of your time.

What we offer:

When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life, including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family‐friendly benefits.

Equal opportunities statement:

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement. Our goal is equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.