CS-753 indirect procurement business partner (corporate services)

Overview Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Why we need this role Colt are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Indirect Procurement Business Partner to join our Corporate Services Procurement team. This role is pivotal in driving value across indirect spend categories, including but not limited to; HR, Legal, Data Protection, ESG, Marketing, Professional Services, Facilities, Real Estate, Recruitment, Temporary Staff (Contractors). The role will act as a strategic partner to internal stakeholders, ensuring procurement excellence and continuous improvement, managing the company’s supply portfolio, ensuring transparency of spending and categories of spend according to business needs. You will generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies and calculate costs of procurement, suggesting methods to decrease expenditure. As a Procurement Business Partner within Corporate you’ll be responsible for handling corporate sourcing operations, appraising and improving sourcing activities by analyzing the company’s spending, supplying partnerships and new possibilities.

What You Will Do

Ensure the effective procurement of services in a timely and efficient manner.

Develop and implement Category strategies to control costs, time, promote competition and safeguard supply capacity, including suppliers consolidation opportunities, consistently with Group objectives and targets.

Manage engagements and collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure categories and saving plans, budget assumptions, terms and processes are consistently reviewed and aligned and internal stakeholder expectations are met.

Lead sourcing initiatives across indirect procurement corporate service categories, ensuring cost-effectiveness and compliance.

Partner with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver procurement solutions.

Develop and execute Indirect Category strategies aligned with business goals.

Ensure procurement processes are followed with high attention to detail and governance.

Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms.

Engineer value-driven negotiation plans; analyse and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.

Research and anticipate shifts in negotiating power; perform cost and scenario analysis and benchmarking.

Estimate risks and apply risk-minimizing techniques; discover and partner with trustworthy, inclusive & diverse vendors and suppliers.

Support sustainable procurement approach in line with ISO20400 guidance.

Establish and maintain regular and productive relationships with business stakeholders to achieve agreed business goals.

Maximize the use of tools, processes, policy setting and enforcement in alignment with the Category strategy to support spend control.

Manage tender processes from the specification stage to final contract award; following contract award, lead the contract negotiation process to conclusion.

Ensure all documentation relevant to sourcing activities is complete and available in Ariba (RFP, scoring tools and results, Order Forms, SoWs).

Performance Indicators Opex and Capex savings against budget; Opex and Capex avoidance; ROI; Sustainable metrics; Relevant support to the business to deliver at the right cost, the right object, at the right time; Successful opportunity analysis; Full alignment with Business Owners.

Relationships and key contacts You will be working closely with the Finance Business partners, Legal as well as internal stakeholders. You will be in constant touch with Colt suppliers.

Qualifications Minimum 3 years’ experience in Procurement Sourcing management (Indirect Procurement experience preferred).

Strong internal engagement, interpersonal and influencing skills. Adaptability. Highly driven and self-directed, problem solver.

Experience delivering large, indirect procurement / strategic sourcing RFPs globally.

Proven work experience as a sourcing officer / sourcing specialist.

Familiarity with sourcing, vendor and risk management and relevant software.

Experience in Indirect Category Management; strong project management and leadership skills.

Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships; commercial and analytical acumen; comfortable with figures and data analysis.

Detail-oriented decision making; solid judgement; high understanding of procurement best practices and tools (e.g., Ariba, SAP, Fieldglass).

Advanced Excel skills.

Skills

End-to-end Sourcing; Strategic Sourcing; Contract & Supplier Negotiation; Indirect Procurement Category Management.

Supplier Relationship Management; Spend Analysis & Cost Optimization / Value Driven; Risk Management; Evaluation & Mitigation.

Financial Literacy; Commercial and Analytical Acumen; Influencing & Communication; Cross-functional Collaboration; Change Management.

Education

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management or a relevant field.

What We Offer Looking to make a mark? At Colt, you’ll make a difference. We empower people and encourage autonomy; our global teams work on projects that connect people, cities, businesses, and ideas. We offer opportunities to inspire and lead teams and to develop across the globe. Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our culture. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or place of birth. We have signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles and support our Gender Action Plan. We provide mental health resources and adjust recruitment processes as needed. For more information about our inclusion and diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages.

Benefits

Flexible working hours and the option to work from home. Extensive induction program with experienced mentors and buddies. Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities. Global Family Leave Policy. Employee Assistance Program. Internal inclusion & diversity networks. A global network. When you join Colt you become part of our global network and our community of colleagues.

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