Procurement Manager - Marketing, HR and Professional Services - Employment, career opportunity in UK

Job Title:  Procurement Manager - Marketing, HR and Professional Services
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    Bournemouth
Salary:    £competitive
Start Date:    ASAP
Reference:    206251-CIO000641


About the role
As Sourcing and Supplier Manager you'll take responsibility for creating strong relationships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers whilst driving commercial value from third party sourcing category opportunities. With market expertise within the Marketing, HR and Professional Services categories you'll design, lead and implement sourcing strategies, taking the lead on this key category and running the end-to-end sourcing process (including the tendering of new and existing contracts coupled with the strategic management of the relationship through to contract exit). With executive level visibility, you will drive the fullest overall value from each supplier relationship to deliver tangible and sustainable benefits to LV= whilst creating the opportunity to offer sustainable revenue opportunities to the managed supplier.

About you
So what are we looking for? First and foremost you'll be able to demonstrate a wealth of category management expertise across Marketing, HR and Professional Services categories. Educated to degree level or with an equivalent professional qualification (such as MCIPS), you'll have extensive supply market and business knowledge in the chosen category. Your understanding of commercial models and techniques will help ensure you achieve best-in-class sourcing deals, while your commercial acumen and outstanding communication skills will enable you to liaise with all levels of our organisation. Networking and influencing will be at the heart of what you do and your dynamic self-motivated approach will enable you to excel in this role. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to progress within a successful and growing organisation.

About the rewards
We want you to love what you do. That's why we've put together a benefits package that recognises and rewards a job well done. We'll give you a competitive pension, an annual bonus scheme, 30 days' holiday (with the option to buy and sell days every year), private medical insurance as well as a flexible benefits package. There's also the option of generous discounts across our product ranges.

About us
LV= is the UK's largest friendly society. Today, we have more than four million customers, of which over one million are members. Our mission is to help people look after what they love, whether that's their family's financial security, their home, their retirement, their car, even their pets.

We're famous for providing a first-class service for our customers, as well as a great place to work for our people. We have over 5,700 employees across the UK and with ambitious growth plans for the future; we're committed to behaving like a mutual while performing like a PLC.

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Head to our careers pages for more information and to apply online.

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LV= is an equal opportunities employer.


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