Procurement Manager

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Job Description

Location: Hybrid, Travel May be required

Work Your Way is our approach to flexible working - this is available from day 1 of joining

Our Purpose is to make our world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As a procurement manager you will contribute to this by driving sustainability by negotiating responsible supplier agreements, applying best practices to improve services, and leading projects that enhance operational efficiency. You'll solve complex problems with innovative solutions, mentor junior staff, and ensure procurement decisions align with our values of trust and innovation.

Your role will involve

You will be part of the Technology & Telco Procurement team, working in the UK Procurement team as part of the wider European Procurement function.

As a Procurement Manager (GRF12) reporting to the Technology & Telco Team Category Lead, in a small collaborative team, you will operate independently to drive value for Fujitsu, proactively identifying and delivering tangible savings across our software & hardware categories.

You'll engage in complex negotiations for both framework agreements and customer agreement flowdowns, collaborating closely with Legal & Commercial colleagues to secure robust, compliant contracts.

The role focuses on supporting bid activities, leading the UK strategy for technology with support from the Head of UK Procurement, providing category knowledge and commercial expertise as a business partner, identifying spend consolidation opportunities or new market/supplier opportunities. conducting pre-assessment supplier compliance checks for financial health. You'll bring strong market knowledge, ensuring all procurement activity aligns with industry standards and business needs.

• Conducting complex negotiations for framework agreements Order Schedules and any customer terms that may also need to be flowed down.
• Securing best value through competitive tenders and/or negotiation
• Working independently to manage end-to-end procurement processes.
• Collaborating with Legal & Commercial colleagues to ensure contract compliance.
• Supporting bid activities
• Identifying and delivering tangible cost-saving opportunities.
• Demonstrating strong knowledge of telecommunications and emerging technologies.
• Understanding and applying relevant UK regulatory requirements.
• Willingness to travel for supplier engagement and relationship management.
• Meeting mandatory security clearance requirements (SC level or above).
• CIPS or Contracting and Commercial Management qualifications (or be prepared to attain Contracting and Commercial Management - Advanced)

Your transferable skills and experience:

• Strong procurement experience preferably within the Telco category
• Demonstrable knowledge of SaaS agreements
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities
• Advanced negotiation and influencing skills
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving capability
• Commercial and financial acumen
• Project management experience in complex environments (desirable but not essential)
• Understanding of compliance, risk, and regulatory frameworks

Your benefits:

26 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension - Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work - employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Private medical

Company car or car allowance

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interviews

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email EMEIArecruitment@fujitsu.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer: Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric: Our work environments enable you to Be Completely You. Our active people-led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion.

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