Senior Manager, Global Procurement

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Job description

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Global CoRe provides seven fundamental services to Deloitte around the world: knowledge services, creative services, contact center, data management assessment services, data protection, procurement, and real estate. We develop new and innovative ways to improve how these services are delivered across the organization, leveraging our global scope and strength to serve our organization within and across borders.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

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• Supplier sourcing, negotiations and contracting for multiple spend categories in the HR, Benefits and Recruiting Industries
• Leading a team on Procurement professionals engaged in supplier management, sourcing and negotiations, and overall improvement of service delivery
• Initiation, development and management of strategic relationships with senior Deloitte internal business unit leaders
• Develop and implement master category strategies for global impact across the Deloitte member firms and geographies
• Highly organized with excellent communication skills, both oral and written

The key job responsibilities include the following:

Key Responsibilities:

• Global leadership for one or more master category strategies for the Talent and HR industries
• Leadership of key strategic relationships in both the EMEA region and globally
• Recruit, supervise and professionally develop other Procurement team members
• Independently source, spend and negotiate contracts while simultaneously guiding other team members
• Advise Procurement leadership on key trends and strategic decisions
• Ability to collaborate across the Deloitte Member firms and within Global Procurement
• Manage categories proactively based on internal/external trends and data and be able to communicate effectively to enable informed decisions by leadership
• Manage spend and activity data from multiple sources ensuring high accuracy and timely delivery to identify trends, gaps and opportunities
• Monitor supplier performance based on metrics and update on internal/external trends
• Ability to respond to inquiries from leadership and stakeholders with accuracy and timeliness
• Assess new opportunities for continuous improvement through new technologies and process enhancements
• Assist global category leadership in managing supplier and internal customer relationships to improve internal client satisfaction

Connect to your skills and professional experience

• Degree required
• Relevant experience in procurement, preferably sourcing HR and Talent related categories, or equivalent

Skills Set

• Relationship building, influencing, and collaboration skills
• Experience in managing teams
• Project management or equivalent experience
• Program management or equivalent experience
• Ability to engage with senior executives to influence decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Persuasive and convincing communication skills (e.g., proposals, reports, plans) to secure commitment from business leaders
• Strong knowledge of standard Category Execution process
• Strong understanding of common sourcing templates, tools, and methodologies
• Deep knowledge of the Master Category Strategy approach
• Ability to interpret member firm needs and commercial strategies as input into the category strategy

Other Qualifications

• Working independently in an unstructured environment; developing structure and clarity around the ambiguous by taking a concept and developing ideas/about solutions to achieve progress
• Being self-directed in identifying what has to get done and in doing it with minimal direction
• Using good judgment about when to ask for direction and when to act independently
• Navigating through complex collaborative initiatives
• Understanding, documenting, and improving business processes
• Organization, task planning and setting/meeting deadlines
• Working under tight time constraints, juggling multiple priorities
• Interacting with internal clients and stakeholders at both junior and senior levels of the organization

Connect to your business - Enabling Functions

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"Everyone at Deloitte builds relationships with their peers and puts in effort to get to know one another, making the work more enjoyable." - Deloitte employee

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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