Procurement Specialist

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Introduction

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

We’re hiring for a Procurement Specialist to join our team in London, working across the Enterprise Technology sector.

Purpose of the Role

As Procurement Specialist you’ll be responsible for implementing new and existing projects in line with the strategic direction of the procurement category plans across the Enterprise Technology category.

You’ll own initiatives across the technology category in line with the category plans of the Procurement Managers and support the Global Procurement Managers across key category initiatives through utilising strategic sourcing methodology and supplier/stakeholder management principles to deliver savings and service improvements in line with business

Strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the reporting and in life management of key vendors.
• Support the generation, evolution and delivery of category plans.
• Identify areas of potential focus for reducing spend across the global technology spend.
• Design, build and update key reports used for tracking and monitoring, including providing analytical support on large scale initiatives.
• Be proactive in identifying SRM initiatives within the technology category that require governance and ownership.
• Provide supporting data to confirm cost reduction, including the breakdown of cost reduction into P&L impact, CAPEX/OPEX.

Qualifications + Skills

• You’ll have a minimum of 2 years procurement experience with end-to-end knowledge of the strategic sourcing process including; SRM, demand management, vendor management and an understanding of commercial process such as billing and purchase orders.
• An understanding of IT procurement (software/tech) with a base understanding of commercial law with an understanding and experience of the industry standard strategic sourcing process.
• Ability to design, implement and manage processes and governance to manage business behaviour.
• Data driven approach and highly numeric with excellent data analysis and Excel skills with the ability to manage and shape large amounts of raw data to extract, prioritise and summarise distinct opportunities.
• Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships internally and externally with strong verbal and written influencing skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise to meet targets.

What we offer

This is a permanent role. The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements. The team are currently in the office every Wednesday.
As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

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