Senior Procurement Consultant

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Procurement Consultant to join our team, with a specialist knowledge of clinical procurement.

Capita Procurement Solutions is a London based niche management consultancy firm - we are a collection of procurement specialists and experts, listening closely to the specific needs of our diverse range of clients. We use our extensive procurement industry experience to analyse and present tailored and innovative solutions to our clients, to help transform their procurement functions and respond to complex procurement challenges.

This is home based role, with some client travel. We're truly committed to building a diverse and representative workforce and as part of our strategic plans we are aiming to accelerate gender and ethnic representation in leadership. As such we would particularly welcome applications from people who are female and/or are from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds.

What you'll be doing :

• Varied Engagements: This is an exciting opportunity to wo rk on projects that differ in location and duration across both the public and private sector, providing you with a rich and varied experience.
• Diverse Assignments: Depending on contractual requirements, your assignments may include Opportunity Assessment, Savings Delivery and Programmes, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Contract and Supplier Relationship Management, Transformation, and Project and Programme Management.
• Specialized Expertise: Engage in projects that may require working across multiple categories of spend or demand specific subject matter expertise.

Beyond Client Delivery:

• Category Team Membership: Be an integral part of a Category Team, contributing to internal business development.
• Innovative Development: Support areas such as product development, best practice and innovation, market shaping, knowledge sharing, and sales opportunities.

What we're looking for :

• Specialist knowledge and experience of working on Clinical Procurement projects.
• Breadth of Procurement expertise including Category Management & strategy development, strategic sourcing & savings delivery, working with public contract regulations and opportunity analysis.
• A track record of developing and maintaining senior stakeholder and supplier relationships.
• A track record in supplier selection, negotiation, implementation and complex contract management delivering cost/ savings targets.
• Experience working in a complex and changing environment with demanding business objectives and in a highly competitive market sector.
• Knowledge of sourcing across complex categories within multiple industry sectors. Will ideally have business consultancy experience.
• Innovative and fresh thinking in procurement delivery and specialist areas of expertise to ensure client satisfaction.
• Good interpersonal and engagement skills with ability to support and positively challenge clients and deliver negotiations.
• MCIPS qualified or holds other relevant business qualification.
• The role will include travel therefore will require an individual with flexibility to work across multiple locations and be on client site/Capita offices a minimum of four days a week. Whilst we aim to keep stays away from home to 2-3 nights per week, it is possible that engagements will require more.

What's in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 25 days' holiday (rising to 27 ) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Auto-enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You'll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you'll do next:

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Equal Opportunities

At Capita, we're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, we want to hear from you if you'd like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process. Please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we'll get back to you to discuss. For more information about equal opportunities and the types of adjustments we can offer, please visit the Capita Careers website.

If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team - CPScareers@capita.com