Procurement Director

Primary Objective

• As part of the senior leadership team, work alongside Operations, Finance, HR, ESG, QHSE and Commercial Directors to lead the business to achieve the business plan and long-term business strategies.
• Accountable for leading procurement activities across the division including ensuring a fit for purpose supply chain, delivering savings, supporting sales and growth, enacting our Partner Excellence Programme (PEP) and establishing new business and ongoing operational activities.
• Align business requirements to deliver an agile and fit for purpose supply chain to win, retain and operate client contracts and services.
• Improve CBRE overall performance via the integrated delivery model with partners, delivering a better value supply chain whilst reducing risk.
• Typically, responsible for a total spend over $500m across a portfolio of countries and divisions with a high degree of complexity.

Key Responsibilities

• Our Procurement Business Partnering approach enables the business to be faster, drives growth, ensures optimization and delivers significant financial benefits. Key tasks include:
• Collaborating with the business to drive financial efficiencies including completing deep dive activities, strategic sourcing, utilizing TCO strategies and empowering the business to Better Buy.
• Supplier segmentation and consolidation to maximize our preferred partner compliance and Partner Excellence Program (PEP) benefits.
• Driving a fit for purpose supply chain to ensure adequate local and geographical coverage across a range of products and services within hard and soft facilities management.
• Driving our growth agenda in partnership with Supplier Partner including bespoke solutioning and hard landing, creating unique and industry leading model and collaborating on the latest innovations and technologies.
• Enabling the business to work more effectively and efficiently through training, business tools and templates, technology optimization and procure to pay process enhancements.
• Act as the executive sponsor of all training and development program that relate to Supply Chain and nurture effective employee engagement, succession planning and talent development.

Success Measures

• Achievement of financial and Supply Chain targets.
• Client and internal stakeholder feedback.
• Achievement of annual objectives both personal, functional and business group.
• Achievement of the business plan and strategy.
• Enhancements in Supplier satisfaction and net promoter scores.

Requirements

• CIPS qualified or equivalent experience providing strategic leadership and direction within a large and complex organization.
• End to end Procurement core competencies including operations, legislation, strategic sourcing, category management, negotiation, financial analysis & commercial competency.
• Proven capability of effectively organizing, motivating and developing people in a complex, matrix-managed organization.
• Ambitious and driven to succeed with abundant energy and enthusiasm.
• The ability to work with and influence a broad range of customers, stakeholders and supplier staff at senior levels.
• A passion for delivering tangible and measurable results.
• Strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of identifying and delivering substantial savings.
• Experience of the FM market and in-depth knowledge of the FM supply chain.