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• Great opportunity to work with an established digital retailer!
• Opportunity for development and progression

About Our Client

An established digital retailer.

Job Description

• Relationship management of key suppliers to ensure consistently high service levels are achieved and to drive continuous improvement and minimise risk;
• Form excellent relationships with internal budget-holders and stake-holders. Ensuring that projects are well defined and business cases are fully approved prior to sourcing activity being undertaken.
• Work with the Head of Procurement & Internal Stakeholders to formulate and successfully implement category strategy plans to support cost reviews across multiple areas in the business, specifically Marketing and Advertising. Experience in other categories is also desirable.
• Managing the commercial relationships with both new and incumbent suppliers, to ensure contracts and commercial arrangements are competitively priced and robust from a risk and governance perspective, legally robust and that service levels are established, monitored and exceeded by our suppliers;
• Supporting the Head of Procurement & Internal stakeholders in formal sourcing and contract review processes as well as in-contract commercial and contract negotiations across the category(s);
• Regularly research alternative suppliers and the wider markets to ensure ongoing best practice is driven into our services;
• Preparation of monthly reports and updates for the Head of Procurement for presentation to the Board & Internal Directors.

The Successful Applicant

• Knowledge and experience of the marketing and advertising categories highly desirable
• A proven record of achieving cost savings through negotiation/operational change
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Excel skills and ability to analyse spend information/invoices and produce cost models/comparisons
• Target-focused with the ability to work quickly when required
• Decision making and problem solving skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent forward planning and organisation skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Communication, networking and interpersonal relationship skills
• Can use initiative when necessary and work well in a team
• Rapid Problem-solving
• Commercial and financial acumen and awareness of the market
• Driven with the ability to stay calm under pressure and multitask

What's on Offer

• Salary of circa £50000 DOE
• Element of hybrid working
• Staff discounts + benefits