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Leading financial services organisation require a Procurement Operations Specialist. Applicants need experience in procurement operations, procurement best practice, or a broader operations, compliance or reporting role within financial services could also work.

The Procurement Operations Specialist is an exciting end-to-end procurement role, encompassing; supplier onboarding, analysis of procurement data, process improvement and risk management. The role would suit someone with procurement experience in in the indirects space or within a professional services setting with a good handle of operational processes and compliance. A go-to for stakeholders and procurement colleagues alike, the Procurement Operations Specialist will be able to advise on procurement process, procedure and systems usage.

Specific duties of the Procurement Operations Specialist include:

Front-end procurement work around supplier onboarding and supplier due diligence
Management of procurement department data to produce reports and KPIs to drive procurement decisions and processes
Stakeholder partnering across the business with Risk colleagues but also externally with the supply chain
In conjunction with Procurement leadership look at methods to optimise and refine processes from sourcing to SRM and Risk
Ensure compliance to industry regulations by driving effective use of procurement tools and systems

Procurement Operations Specialists should meet the following criteria:

Previous procurement experience, perhaps in sourcing, category management, SRM or operations
Experience within a regulated field - professional services, public sector, financial services etc would be advantageous
The ability to drive change and improve/optimise processes
A broader experience in operations, risk or compliance could work in this role especially if within FS space
Analytically minded with data analysis skills
The ability to influence and negotiate, internally and externally