Procurement Governance Manager Banking Manchester Hybrid

A leading Professional Services Consultancy is seeking a Procurement Governance Manager on a contract basis.

You will be need to work onsite in Manchester 2-3 times per week.

The Procurement Governance Manager must have strong project and governance experience within Procurement. Banking and Financial services is also essential.

The Role:

This AVP role supports the Sourcing Governance Lead in governance oversight for Sourcing Deal Governance globally, helping to facilitate securing of deal approvals, and creating a greater visibility of the long range pipeline and category plans.
The role will focus on governance data and processes; pipeline development, tracking, monitoring, and analysis; and dissemination of governance materials, as required - all while ensuring ownership of content remains with relevant contributing stakeholders. The role will also become a Subject Matter Expert and trusted adviser on appropriate governance procedures and policies, such as approval limits.
The role holder will also be accountable for identifying and executing opportunities to automate and creating more efficient processes to achieve sourcing deal governance approvals and longer term planning for all Boards & Forums. This will include linking with other Procurement wide programmes of work to ensure the long term ability to provision all required content eg future phases of Process Unity or CLM implementation to note current programmes.

Experience Required:

• Procurement & Sourcing
• Governance & Continuous Improvement
• Planning & Coordination
• Stakeholder Management & Leadership
• Decision-making and Problem Solving
• Risk & Control
• Change/business management background preferred, used to governance and audit requirements
• Experience in Sourcing process including use of Procurement systems and functionality
• Banking/Financial Services