Group Procurement Manager - 12 Month FTC in London

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Company Description

Evelyn Partners is a UK leader in wealth management. Guided by our purpose: placing the power of good advice into more hands. We help clients make significant decisions with confidence, lay strong foundations for the future and achieve their goals. We provide personalised, expert investment management and financial planning advice to support clients in embracing what's next. Our success hinges on our people and that’s our secret for longevity. We’re a team of passionate professionals who go further to understand what matters most to our clients.

Job Description

What will you be doing?

We’re seeking a talented Group Procurement Manager to join our team in London on a 12 month FTC, which is responsible for working closely with the Senior Group Procurement Manager on all aspects of the procurement life cycle and leading on allocated sub-categories. You will support the Evelyn Partners Group on all third-party engagements enhancing commercial and operational value to the business and its clients. Responsible for negotiating commercial deals with suppliers with the aim to reduce cost and improve service delivery.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a fast-paced, dynamic procurement team and with a can-do attitude to see things through to completion. You will actively manage supplier risk and performance to ensure continuity and will also be responsible for developing supplier relationships to ensure Evelyn Partners Group is at the forefront of innovation within all categories.

As Group Procurement Manager, your responsibilities will include among others:

• Work as a Business Partner with key stakeholders across the Group, acting as the first point of contact for procurement queries and process playing an integral part in building relationships and providing procurement advice.
• Ensuring companywide procurement requirements and contract management solutions for allocated categories are managed effectively.
• Support the Senior Group Procurement Manager in high-value and complex projects and deputise for the Senior Group Procurement Manager, as necessary, in relevant meetings and working groups.
• Manage contract repository and your Procurement Pipeline and Tracker to see projects through to completion and own the cradle-to-grave procurement process including ITT/RFPs, RFIs, RFQs.
• Conduct commercial and contract negotiations and implement appropriate tactics to achieve favourable outcomes, ensuring all contracts meet Group policy, regulatory and industry standards.
• Develop relationships with existing suppliers to reduce costs or provide an enhanced service whilst delivering innovation, sustainability, and benefit to the business.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Significant experience within indirect procurement, negotiation and Supplier Relationship Management experience, and with a sound understanding of Procurement category management.
• Experience in end-to-end strategic procurement across specialist categories such as FM, Property, Construction, IT or Marketing; generalists will also be considered.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, ideally having come from a Financial Services background; however, other backgrounds will also be considered.
• Experienced in drafting and interpreting of contracts and clauses.
• Creating and managing complex tender and benchmarking exercises, leveraging eSourcing platform (Curtis Fitch) to run, manage and report on tendering exercises.
• Ability to analyse data to inform effective decision making, prioritise workload to meet deadlines with excellent attention to detail and good problem-solving skills.

Desired:

• Strong academic record.
• Ideally a 2.1 degree.
• MCIPS Qualified or working towards the qualification.
• Prince2/APM (desirable).

Additional Information

As a colleague here at Evelyn Partners, you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance.
• Pension contribution.
• Hybrid working model (role dependant).
• Generous holiday package.
• Option to purchase additional holiday.
• Shared parental leave.

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we’re delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.