Senior Regional Buyer
Job Introduction
We are currently looking for a Senior Regional Buyer who will be responsible for developing, managing and communicating the Regional Procurement Strategy.
To be successful in this role, you will lead and motivate the regional buying team, and align objectives of Regional Procurement with Global Supply Management, Category Management & FM Platform strategy. You will be responsible for the delivery of this strategy within region including stakeholder management across SO and segments.
You will manage Regional Procurement Budget and Forecasts reporting to Head of FM Procurement, and provide innovative Hard FM solutions and opportunities to the operational business.
Role Responsibility
Tracking and reporting on regional procurement tender and project activity Ensure savings for Regional Procurement team are validated by Commercial Accounts through global methodology Ensure strategic relationships maintained with national suppliers sitting in Regional Procurement remit Promote engagement with Category team to ensure regional data is provided to support national category strategies Ensure that Regional Procurement team are improving profitability by optimizing agreements of all categories under the regional remit Ensure that the regional Procurement strategy is understood at an Exec level in all segments and that SM Regional Objectives are aligned to Segment objectives Working with SO Finance to ensure robust reporting and measurement of the Global Supply Management performance Align to Global Hard FM strategy and Hard FM Platform strategy and cascade to ensure this is included in individual regional strategy Manage Regional Procurement team to support SM and personal Objectives are achieved Provide innovative supplier opportunities to Hard FM Platform, Technical Board and Global FM team |
The Ideal Candidate
- Experience in leading teams in a buying / category management environment (5/7 years+)
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural and matrix environment
- Experience in developing and implementing national procurement and category strategies
- Strong excel based skills (Advance Excel)
- Strong communication skills to manage senior stakeholder relationships
- Strong presentation skills both verbally and written
- Graduate calibre with CIPS/ISM or equivalent qualification
- Team player with excellent communication and influencing skills
- Financial acumen and result orientated
- Fluency in English; French / Spanish a plus.
FM Hard FM - additional
- Experience of Pharma, Heath or Public Sector FM Operations
- Experience in specific Hard FM sub categories e.g. Lifts, Fire and Security, Water treatment, electrical wholesalers
- Experience of managing sub-contractors across Hard FM
- Knowledge of Construction and Civils ‘project’ works procurement methodologies
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.
Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.
Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.
Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process