Purpose of the Role
Within dentsu Global Functions Procurement, our focus is to deliver value for money through commercially robust agreements and to enable business improvements and efficiencies via supplier sourcing and relationship management. The role will require applying strategic sourcing methodology and supplier/stakeholder management principles to deliver savings and service improvements in line with our business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Ownership of selected spend over an array of categories, including software, cloud, managed service providers and others as required.
- Development of global frameworks with favourable and robust global or multi‑entity contractual terms, contributing to the evolution of our central and locally led agreements.
- Running RFx and competitive sourcing exercises for high‑value, high‑risk projects; implementing global rate cards where possible and incorporating requirements from Legal, Data Privacy, Security Assurance, Vendor Due Diligence and other internal SME teams as needed.
- Expected line‑management responsibility, likely to be of one Procurement Specialist.
- Balancing multiple initiatives concurrently and addressing them in order of business criticality, while still driving progress and maintaining communication with stakeholders on all engagements.
- Using excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal business leaders, including Global, Regional and C‑Level Executives, to demonstrate and deliver value‑add Procurement solutions.
Key Skills
- Substantial Procurement experience managing technology spend categories.
- Strong understanding of different software, cloud and AI commercial models and demonstrable experience of negotiating these, inclusive of mitigating risks and driving commercially sound outcomes into contracts.
- Strong experience negotiating global or multi‑country contracts.
- End‑to‑end knowledge of third‑party vendor engagement for a large, multi‑national organisation, with demonstrated delivery against the strategic sourcing process.
- Line‑management experience.
What we offer
This is a Permanent role. The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements; the team are currently in the office twice a week. As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
Inclusion and Diversity
At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status or any other protected characteristic. We recognise the importance of work‑life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at accommodations@dentsu.com, quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for.
Location
London – Full time, Permanent (Hybrid). #LI-Hybrid
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