Procurement Specialist – Indirects (Mat Cover)

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Procurement Specialist – Indirects (Mat Cover) role at Dentsu involves delivering value for money through commercial agreements and enabling business improvements through supplier sourcing and relationship management. The role requires collaborating with global, regional, and brand stakeholders, managing spend across categories like Professional Services, Software, HR, and Marketing & Communications, running RFX exercises, and implementing contracts. The responsibilities also include building relationships with key suppliers, compiling insightful reports for stakeholders, and supporting sustainability initiatives. This is a 12-month maternity cover, fixed-term contract. This role is based in London office but operates under flexible working arrangements.
Must have:
  • Negotiating commercial and legal terms with relevant oversight.
  • Knowledge of end-to-end sourcing process and compliance.
  • Experience in supporting management of Indirect Procurement categories.
  • Keen commercial awareness and analytical ability.
  • Capacity to multi-task and prioritize to meet targets.
  • Autonomous self-starter and proactive in identifying opportunities.
Perks:
  • Competitive salary
  • Benefits package tailored to your needs

Job Details

Job Description: Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society. Purpose of the Role Within dentsu Global Functions Procurement, our focus is to deliver value for money through commercially sound agreements and to enable business improvements and efficiencies through supplier sourcing and relationship management. Step into an exciting opportunity where you'll play a key role in uncovering cost-saving and value-adding initiatives, while streamlining processes across a range of Indirect Procurement categories. As part of a fast-paced and growing team, you’ll collaborate across global, regional, and brand levels, building strong relationships with a diverse network of internal stakeholders and external partners. You'll also apply leading sourcing methodologies and stakeholder management practices to drive measurable savings and service enhancements that align with our ambitious OneDentsu goals. Key Responsibilities
  • Supporting Category Managers in managing spend over an array of categories, including Professional Services, Software, HR, Finance and Marketing & Communications (opportunity to assume Category Lead for one or more of these categories as part of the role). 

  • Implementing different types of contracts, including MSAs, Order Forms and Statements of Work, and negotiating both commercial and legal positions within these.

  • Running RFX and competitive sourcing exercises (with and without e-sourcing tools).

  • Collaborating with business stakeholders to provide strategic insights into spend and deliver value-add Procurement solutions.

  • Supporting the business with contract and performance management and implementing supplier relationship management (SRM) techniques to deliver against targeted SLAs and other business objectives.

  • Building relationships with key suppliers to yield productivity, drive innovation, promote collaboration and achieve sustainable value.

  • Compiling in-depth, accurate and insightful reporting to present to senior stakeholders and executive management, capturing performance against KPIs, and illustrating current picture vs end-goal for key categories.

  • Working alongside the Sustainable Procurement manager to develop initiatives, engage with suppliers on sustainability issues, and drive dentsu’s award-winning sustainability agenda.

Qualifications + Skills

  • Prior exposure to negotiating commercial and legal terms with relevant oversight from SMEs.

  • Knowledge of end-to-end sourcing process and typical in-house compliance procedures relating to Security Assurance, Data Privacy, Sustainability and Vendor Risk.

  • Experience in supporting management of Indirect Procurement categories.

  • Keen commercial awareness and analytical ability, using analytics tools in P2P systems or Tableau/PowerBI.

  • Capacity to multi-task and prioritise to meet targets.

  • Autonomous self-starter and proactive in identifying opportunities and driving improvements.

What we offer

  • This is a 12-month maternity cover, fixed term contract.

  • The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements.

  • As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their best selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures. We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams. #LI-Hybrid Location: London Brand: Global Functions Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

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