Are you ready tochart your own career path? At SJP we need talented individuals like yourselfto support our evolving culture. If you're seeking an employer that ispassionate about excellence, innovation and autonomy, SJP could be the placefor you.

At a glance:

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

The role:

Are you passionate about driving cost savings, building strong stakeholder relationships, and shaping procurement strategies? We're looking for a dynamic professional to become a trusted adviser within SJP, spearheading our Operational Services procurement initiatives to unlock maximum value.

As our key Procurement Partner, you will lead Strategic Initiatives, collaborate with the Category Lead to design and implement procurement strategies across various spend areas, including Travel & Events, Marketing, Subscriptions, Facilities, Print, Recruitment, and HR Services.
What you'll be doing:

• Strategy Implementation - working for the Category Lead ensure that the strategy set for the category is implemented and maintained across SJP.
• Cost Optimisation and savings - identify and deliver opportunities for cost savings and increased ROI. Support the implementation of a cost-control approach across the category and use benchmarking to regularly test price competitiveness.
• Stakeholder Engagement - Collaborate across SJP directorates to implement the category strategy and identify opportunities for improvement (cost / value / supplier performance / service provision) with the business.
• Sourcing and negotiation - responsible for sourcing events including RFIs, RFPs, benchmarking, contract negotiation and the choice of suppliers for the category. Apply negotiation strategies to help with the selection of suppliers.
• Risk Management escalate risks to the strategy or suppliers to the Category lead.
• Reporting & Analytics Feed into KPI reporting to monitor the effectiveness of procurement activities.

Who we're looking for:

You'll thrive in this role if you're a forward-thinking procurement professional with a passion for understanding market trends, innovative technologies, and best practices in indirect procurement. With hands-on experience in procurement and category management within indirect spend categories, you'll have a successful track record in negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships. Including:

• Proven expertise in managing categories such as Facilities, Marketing & Travel.
• Strong skills in developing RFPs, evaluating suppliers, and negotiating contracts.
• Knowledge of cost models and the ability to articulate supplier evaluations clearly to stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills for influencing decision-makers and fostering collaboration.
• CIPS qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience with risk management in procurement is advantageous.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a proactive mindset.

What's in it for you?

We reward youfor the work you do,whether that's through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects bothpersonal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 daysplus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), oronline rewards platform with a variety of discounts.
We also havebenefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (26 weeks full pay)
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)

Reasonable AdjustmentsWe're an equalopportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessibleand inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stageplease let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk
Research tells usthat applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether you tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excitedabout this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're lookingfor, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking'apply' below and our team will be in touch.
As a businessregulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with theconduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to aninterview with SJP.