Procurement Business Partner and Acquisition Integration Lead
- Recruiter
- Azets
- Location
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London
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 24 Sep 2022
- Closes
- 30 Sep 2022
- Job Title
- Business Partner
- Category
- Marketing / Business Development
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
About usAre you looking to take the next step on your journey? Want to be part of an international family whose vision is "To make their services smarter, more effective, and more personal every day"? Then you could be our next investment. At Azets, you are in control of your career and with our support this will make us even stronger, together. Our motto when it comes to career development is "Your Journey – Your Voice – Your Success ".Azets;Azets is an award–winning leading firm of Accountants and Business Advisors operating across the UK, Nordics and the USA. We are a family of over 6,500 employees and work across 100 offices in the UK alone. We have seen dramatic growth in recent years which has made us the 9 th largest accountancy firm in the UK, and we are over the moon to have been awarded Accountancy Firm of the Year in the FD Excellence Survey 2020. As a result of this growth, we are now looking to invest in our skills set even further! The role
- Senior Strategic role within newly established Group Procurement Team reporting directly to Head of Group Procurement
- Will support the growth and development of Group Procurement Function across Azets
- Will act as Procurement lead for Azets acquisition ensuring incoming target spend and contracts are understood and be responsible for the creation and management of acquisition integration plan
- Responsible for building strong effective relationships at all levels of the organisation (including Board Level) as well as understanding the business' needs, ensuring issues are understood and accounted for in the strategy development and during project delivery
- End–to–end sourcing management in support of Procurement Forward Plan and business area requirements; taking ownership of a portfolio of projects across UK and Europe
- Follows and implements appropriate process and policies to support category management e.g. demand challenge, budget planning, benchmarking to ensure improved procurement performance.
- Strategy Development: Designs and implements category strategies that deliver financial and other performance targets such as service, supply chain and risk management
- Ownership and Accountability for the Business Area Savings and Improvement Targets
- Develops and implements rigorous contracts for all critical, strategic and preferred suppliers within the HR and Professional Services category
- Supplier Management: Support in the development and deployment of group standards, tools and working practices to improve supplier performance management. Supports the business to design and implements appropriate supplier management plans and supports reviews for critical/strategic suppliers
- Acquisition integration lead; working closely with target and internal departments to transition supply base into Azets; ensuring that benefits and costs are captured
- Support in the development and communication of processes and policies to further improvement procurement across Azets
- Ability to deliver in accordance with client imposed project timescales.
- Ability to support the procurement of a variety of procurement categories
- Strong analytical skills (pivot tables, look–ups) etc.
- Sound knowledge of procurement, in particular sourcing good practice and processes – supplier rationalisation, supplier development and measurement
- Demonstrates track record in supplier selection, negotiation and complex contract management, delivering cost, revenue and profit targets.
- Experience of negotiating supplier contracts including complex service agreements
- Has proven commercial acumen with excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team with the ability to engage with key stakeholders at all levels.
- Flexible and calm under pressure with the ability to manage changing priorities.
- Strong understanding of key business and commercial issues within a private sector business services organisation.
- 33 days annual leave(31 for Students with study package and 38 for Partners) inc. bank holidays
- Birthday Day off
- Lead Incentive Scheme(applicable to up to and including Associate Director level) –We offer generous financial rewards for helping Azets to grow our new client portfolio.
- Reimbursement of one professional subscription each year
- Private Medical Cover(applicable to Director/Partner level)
- Enhanced Parental + Family leave– We want Azets to be a place where you can combine both a career and a family so those going on Maternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 3 months and 50% pay for the next 3 months, those going on Paternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 2 weeks (both subject to eligibility) and our Adoption Leave policy follows the same arrangements.
- Flexible Working– Azets understand that as with any family, we all work in different ways and need flexibility within our working day and therefore we operate a flexible working policy.
- Life Assurance – 4 times salary
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Employee Benefits Portal
- Access to our YuLife wellbeing app – Includes EAP, 24/7 GP access, retail vouchers and discounts, free digital will writing, discounted gym memberships etc.
- Pension
- Paid sick leave
- Career Coaching
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program – For you and your family.
- Dress for your day
- Extensive Learning & Development Opportunities and Study Support
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