Our client, a leading company in the Insurance industry, is seeking a talented Procurment & Vendor Manager to join their Dublin Team.
Reporting to the Group Head of Vendor Management more than half of procurement and vendor management will be concerned with IT but this role also includes procurement and vendor management of non-IT areas.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Procurement Management - Operate end-to-end procurement processes for IT Products and IT Services, both physical and digital and non-IT procurement, including sourcing
- Cost Management: Identify saving opportunities and negotiate to secure optimum pricing
- Vendor Management: Understand supplier relationships, supply chain risk & contracts
- Support, development & maintenance of procurement policies & processes, working closely with IT, Finance, Legal and Compliance teams as needed
- Sourcing: Ability to run RFI, RFQ, RFP and related processes as needed
- Control, analysis & reporting of expenditure, savings & performance of suppliers
Skills Required:
*Minimum of 3 years' experience in procurement and vendor management in a regulated environment, with solid knowledge of IT procurement and vendor management
*Practical experience in procurement activities including process creation, planning & data gathering.
*Experience finding, qualifying & shortlisting vendors, creating SOWs, vendor proposal evaluation, pricing and T&C negotiation, supplier selection, contract term preparation.
*Good understanding of vendors and resellers policies, practices and standard contract terms
*Track record in leading delivery of procurement results through structured planned approach including governance, quality assurance & controls.
