1. Managing a portfolio of Category level Cost Base Reduction (savings) projects.
2. Managing a portfolio of client projects to agreed timings and targets.
3. Managing in-house process, infrastructure or tools enhancement projects.
4. Supporting other team members in the delivery of projects.
Key Tasks:
1. Managing a portfolio of Category level CBR (savings) projects:
- Challenging traditional thinking and bringing leading edge Supply Chain management expertise.
- Conducting tenders, negotiations, reverse auctions in order to deliver objectives.
- Developing and agreeing with client a clear approach strategy for a given category.
- Managing cross-functional teams to deliver the agreed approach strategy.
- Overcoming barriers to delivery from senior client or supplier management.
- Agreeing and delivering base and stretch CBR (savings) targets for each category.
- Supporting the analysis of baseline contract, spend and spec data.
- Developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
- Presenting formal progress updates and end of project reports to clients.
2. Client and supplier management:
- Developing and maintaining strong supplier relationships
- Balancing project delivery across numerous clients, such that no client feels second priority.
- Maintaining supplier and client confidences between projects.
- Applying procurement management expertise and process to new category areas
Key Competencies:
- Relationship management, Innovation & creativity.
- Written and Verbal Communication.
Project management:
- Process and data analysis.
- Resilience & tenacity
- Negotiation
- Result focused
- Influencing
