Senior Manager, Global Procurement

About the Team: RELX leverages its spend through a central Global Procurement function with responsibilities for delivering procurement savings, driving process efficiencies, and mitigating supply risks across specific spend categories (e.g. Indirect, Direct, Technology). Global Procurement (GP) is led by the Chief Procurement Officer along with several Global Category Leaders, and a Program Management Office responsible for procurement policies processes, tools, and operational activities across all spend categories. This role sits within the Global Technology team which has responsibilities for key categories including Cloud, Hardware, Software, IT Services, Digital Marketing and Telecom, and reports into the Director-Technology.

About the Role: In this role, you will focus on providing support in a number of the sub-categories that form the Technology space. Your ability to successfully manage Software categories will help us to progress opportunities and deliver increased value in this traditionally complex area of spend. You will leverage current best practice analytics around organizational spend and usage, facilitating and supporting the strategic sourcing process for broad Software engagements, engaging with stakeholders, (often at senior levels within the organization) and leading with a number of contracting efforts (NDAs, MSA, Order Forms).

Responsibilities:

• Conducting opportunity analysis to include reviewing and providing analysis of data on spend/usage with current suppliers.
• Utilizing both internal spend and market/industry data to assist with rate analytics modeling that can be shared with business stakeholders.
• Partner with IT, finance, legal, security and other relevant departments to align software procurement strategies.
• Supporting the business with ad-hoc tactical requirements (contracting, price negotiation etc.) in cases where end to end strategic sourcing support may not have been provided.
• Leading contracting efforts to put often complex MSA, Order Forms, and NDAs in place as required, liaising with the GP Contracts Managers and Group and Divisional legal teams as appropriate.
• Managing and aligning stakeholder requirements and expectations to category strategy.
• Helping to identify opportunities, facilitating the strategic sourcing process for new projects and ensure the business achieves the optimal commercial/service delivery mix.
• Developing relationships with Software suppliers to ensure consistent delivery and value creation while implementing an effective Supplier Relationship Management Program for all relevant suppliers within the category space.
• Contributing to cost savings goals through successful identification, participation in and completion of projects.
• Ensuring that all relevant systems and tools are supported, including listing all significant procurement projects in the global procurement pipeline and updating accordingly and ensuring all agreements are loaded into the GP contracts database.
• Ensure category spend is correctly categorized on an ongoing basis.
• Working with Global Procurement PMO and business stakeholders to assess and approve/reject new suppliers in categories of responsibility.

Requirements:

• Have a relevant education background in procurement, finance, or related field; CPM/CIPS certification is a plus.
• Have significant experience with strategic sourcing, procurement best practices, category management, managing supplier relationships, business process improvement, with an in-depth knowledge of various Technology categories and trends, including enterprise software, cloud solutions and SaaS platforms.
• Display excellent analytical/quantitative skills that have produced demonstrable successes with a detail-oriented approach.
• Be able to coordinate and manage multiple programs/engagements that involve multiple stakeholders, tight deadlines and changing market conditions.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively between internal and external partners (often at highest levels of the organization).
• Have experience writing and generating RFPs, RFIs and RFQs to suppliers.
• Be able to use influencing skills while reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts.

Work in a way that works for you: We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you: We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits.
• Wellbeing programs.
• Life assurance.
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
• Save As You Earn share option scheme.
• Travel Season ticket loan.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme.
• Optional Dental Insurance.
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
• Access to extensive learning and development resources.
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work.

About the Business: RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The group serves customers in more than 180 geographies and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 36,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The headquarters is in London. The market capitalization is about £62bn ($65bn), making it one of the 10 largest listed companies in the UK. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext and NYSE. The company has four market segments. It develops information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers in the Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions sectors.