Procurement Specialist

About the role:

We have a great opportunity for a Procurement Specialist to join our Procurement team in Birmingham.

Within this role you’ll lead a variety of sourcing and procurement activities, from RFx processes and supplier negotiations through to contract renewals and supplier relationship management. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the firm to drive commercial value, identify cost-saving opportunities and ensure procurement activity meets compliance and risk requirements.

About you:

We are looking for an individual who demonstrates practical procurement experience, with a strong understanding of procurement principles and processes.

You will be commercially minded, collaborative and enjoys working across a varied range of categories and projects.

With experience gained in a service-delivery focused organisation, you’ll be confident negotiating with suppliers and building strong relationships across areas including software, cloud services, IT consulting, HR, facilities management and wider indirect procurement.

A strong understanding of commercial terms and conditions, together with excellent negotiation and communication skills, will be key. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with teams such as Finance, IT and Compliance, using your expertise to influence decisions, navigate competing priorities and achieve strong commercial outcomes.

Qualifications/Systems Knowledge

• Member of CIPS or studying towards CIPS qualifications

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave.
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members.
• A generous pension allowance.
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary.
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity, and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone is potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description, please contact Meg Astley at meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com