Strategic Procurement Lead

3 dni temu

Warszawa, Mazovia, Polska British Council Pełny etat
Job Description:

The British Council is committed to supporting peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK.

We support our customers to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our team works closely with stakeholders to understand current and future business needs, and plans work activities accordingly to ensure the services and advice they provide meets those demands.

This role will lead and promote cross-country procurement activities and ensure larger scale collaboration opportunities are considered or undertaken where appropriate. Working with the Global Category Managers, they will deliver the global and cluster approach at country/cluster level.

Main Responsibilities

  • Supports the Cluster Head of procurement in developing the Strategic Sourcing plan for the cluster.
  • Plans procurement activity according to spend profile and benefit realisation with the involvement of the Category management team.
  • Leads on the delivery of projects contributing to the Strategic Sourcing plan for the cluster.
  • Plans the annual benefit target according to project with an updated benefit pipeline.
  • Consults closely with internal customers and other stakeholders to understand current and future business needs (likely to be on a quarterly time horizon), and plans work activities accordingly to ensure the services and advice they provide meets those demands.
  • Builds an in-depth understanding of the procurement opportunities and challenges facing internal customer(s), and of how those relate to wider issues across the broader organisation, to ensure the development of procurement governance and practices based on informed business insight and joined-up thinking.
  • Supports Procurement Director and other stakeholders in finding solutions to procurement matters raised applying advanced procurement sourcing knowledge to solve a range of complex business issues.
  • Identifies and makes recommendations to Deputy CPO for improvements to ways of working that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the corporate procurement, as well as the operational effectiveness of their internal customers.
  • Makes technical/professional recommendations which have a measurable impact on local business performance (e.g., in terms of efficiency, quality, reliability, mitigation of risk, productivity, profitability or customer satisfaction).
  • Actively champions and monitors staff compliance with the agreed corporate policies and practices relevant to their area of functional expertise; investigating reasons for non-compliance.
  • Seeks to improve business process for the customers benefit, contributing ideas to support the development of discipline-wide and customer-specific business plans and priorities.
  • Provides expert professional advice, support and challenge to internal customers and other stakeholders to support the development of high quality, effective and continuously improving business practices within procurement.
  • Provides specialist, functional expertise advice or ideas into the development and implementation of corporate or regional change projects.
  • Pro-actively pursues an annual cycle of formally recognised Continuing Professional Development to maintain and deepen their professional expertise.
  • Using agreed corporate systems and processes, plans and manages the core budget for their area of activity, and for any special initiatives or change projects for which they are responsible.
  • Develops sourcing plans short term and long-term plans for each area of significant value aligned to procurement objectives.
  • Works closely with Category management team to ensure key benefits are being delivered aligning to the Category strategy and procurement best practices.
  • Develops peer/personal networks within and outside the British Council to enhance own knowledge and expertise.
  • Develops close relationships with designated SBUs to understand the complex nature of SBU's needs.
  • Provides formal line management to a small team, consisting of staff both within and beyond the local office base.
  • Drives change by engaging teams in change, communicating context clearly and modelling change for others, articulating a compelling picture of the future.
  • Develops talent and team culture to get the best from the team, encouraging high performers, and managing low performers effectively.

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