Services Procurement Business Partner

Services Procurement Business Partner

Location: UK, Remote with occasional travel to our London and Luton office. 

The Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Services Procurement Business Partner to join our team. This role represents a chance to contribute to the ongoing development and success of our Services Procurement solution and to play an important part in the delivery of this service.

An integral part of our solution is to ensure we can offer customers extensive procurement and supply chain expertise across a multitude of categories. Advice will range from project definition and desired outcomes and assist with the selection and appointment of designated suppliers 

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer stakeholder engagement
• Advice on capturing an effective SOW Specification of Requirements
• Identifying project outcomes and associated payment process
• Support on the best way to create an SOW approach that meets the needs of customers
• Selection of a supply chain of external providers capable of delivering project outcomes
• Measurement and evaluation of supplier proposals across a range of categories of supply
• Contribute to an open and constructive dialogue between us, the customers and potential suppliers
• Management and evaluation of supplier proposals and appointment to the project
• Production of internal and customer management information 

About you:

The role requires procurement experience from either a public or commercial sector environment. Equally important is category management expertise, ideally from a professional services or consultancy background, though other category experience may also be relevant.

• Good knowledge and understanding of procurement practice and principles
• Ability to engage and grow customer and supplier relationships
• Supply chain management experience aligned to varied categories of supply
• Ability to negotiate contracts 

Why should you join us:

Since forming in 2001 and with a combined client base of over 120 public and private sector organisations across the UK and Australia, Comensura has grown to become a market leader in managing the supply of temporary, permanent and contract labour for organisations across multiple sectors.

Come and join us, where the industry’s brightest talents are reinventing recruitment and technology by finding “A smarter way to work” for its customers. At Comensura, we put you in the driving seat. You help us develop, and we help you. Hiring isn’t just about getting you in the door: it’s about growing together.

With around 100 employees split between the UK and Australia, our team is still tight knit enough for us all to be family. A place where everyone’s contribution is important and valued.

• You’ll be joining a hugely welcoming and supportive team
• We encourage our people to work in ways that truly suit them to enable them to be happy both inside and outside of work with agile working arrangements to suit you as an individual
• You can advance your career working with big-name clients, collaborating with senior stakeholders, with clearly defined career paths and access to fully funded qualifications
• We are a ERS Silver Standard employer and a Disability Confident Leader
• We are a Glassdoor open company with excellent feedback and great ratings
• We offer an enhanced maternity and paternity package