Senior Procurement Manager

As part of this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing LR’s overall supply chain and sustainability strategies. You will work closely with budget-owner stakeholders elsewhere within Business Services, in Corporate Functions, and in LR’s Service Lines, and will develop and implement strategies covering a wide range of professional services, travel and mobility, and employee-related services (excluding Property). You will also define, implement, and maintain good procurement practices and vendor management disciplines, while also driving related operational excellence/process improvement initiatives. You will be expected to build trusted partnerships with LR’s critical suppliers, monitor and review their performance and impact on customers’ and colleagues’ satisfaction, initiating improvements as required. What we offer you The opportunity to work for an organization that has a strong sense of purpose, is values driven and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programs. The role Ensure that value is being obtained through the appropriate use of metrics. Build strong, partnering relationships with senior business and functional leaders and key decision-makers to influence behaviours and ensure the appropriate and timely involvement of Procurement in all sourcing activities. Develop and communicate LR’s procurement and supply chain management strategy. Assess and action plans to mitigate LR’s supply chain risks (and, similarly, capture opportunities). Set out a supply chain strategy to meet LR’s carbon reduction targets and ambitious sustainability goals. Set a clear operational excellence agenda, ensuring methodologies, tools, and processes reflect best-practice. Propose and deliver savings, efficiency, and other targets, supported by appropriate analytics and reporting. Provide functional direction and guidance, in the context of an effective LR governance framework. Monitoring compliance and initiating corrective actions or improvement initiatives, where necessary. Build LR’s Procurement and Commercial capability, through developing, coaching, and mentoring colleagues. Oversee the commercial bid process and negotiation of appropriate terms and conditions, to ensure contracts are delivered on time and to budget, with improved benefits and savings for LR and an appropriate risk profile. Institute and maintain an effective Supplier Relationship Management regime, holding suppliers and partners to account and ensuring their performance is monitored against appropriate metrics. Personally, forge and maintain trusted partnerships with LR’s most important suppliers and partners, leading on critical projects, where appropriate. Be an active advocate for both the Procurement and wider Business Services teams; educating the business and showing the value and benefit that involving Procurement early on in sourcing initiatives can bring. What you bring 10+ years demonstrable experience in a Commercial, Procurement, or Supply Chain related role. Hold Professional Membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS). Degree-level educated. Strong commercial acumen, with extensive and relevant experience of 3rd-party negotiations, commercial terms, contracting, and subsequent vendor management; strong negotiator that achieves optimal results. Sound understanding and experience of partners and suppliers, including supplier development and relationship management. Pragmatic in their approach, with an ability to interpret a range of differing priorities and influence the outcome across a range of senior stakeholders. Able to foresee and solve challenges that may have a broad impact on the wider business strategy or outcomes. Sensitive to needing to manage impacts on colleagues/managing change. Results-driven and highly customer-focused; concerned with meeting, and exceeding, customer expectations. Experience of larger, more complex RFPs, including IT and BPO deals. Strong communication, presentation, and internal customer/stakeholder management skills; proven ability to operate in a complex and diverse stakeholder environment. Proven influencing skills and ability to work collaboratively, both upwards and at peer level, with functional and business colleagues. Sound understanding and experience of how to overcome the barriers to achieving significant change that can result from a new procurement approach. About us We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct, and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry’s future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day. Be a part of Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd’s Register colleagues and Lloyd’s Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration, and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place. Want to apply? 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