Procurement Lead - IT
- Employer
- A&O Shearman
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 21 Mar 2025
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- Vacancy Type
- IT, Other specialist roles, Procurement
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Experience Level
- Head of Department, Senior Manager, Manager
- Role Classification
- Other Professional
Job Details
Job description
We are recruiting for a Procurement Lead for the IT and technology category within our Finance Procurement team in London.
Department purpose
The Procurement department is responsible for managing the firm's procurement and supply chain activities, working across all major spend categories within a leading global law firm. The department’s core mission is to maximize value from our $420m third party spend, manage supply chain risks, and ensure our supply chain is supportive of the firm’s broader strategic and market innovation priorities.
Role purpose
The Procurement Lead (IT) is responsible for the pro-active stakeholder and commercial management of the IT and technology category. Managing a team of three direct reports and influencing a category spend of ~$150m, the IT Procurement Lead will work with key senior stakeholders to influence, define and oversee the execution of procurement strategy in partnership with the IT department.
Role and responsibilities
- Act as the procurement business partner, and trusted advisor to the IT leadership team.
- Strategically manages the category and aligns it with wider business priorities (e.g. decarbonization, merger integration).
- Provides leadership and day to day management of a team of direct reports responsible for executing the core strategy and BAU activities.
- Proactively identifies opportunities (savings, process improvement, value add) and pursues them.
- Leads high stake sourcing projects and negotiations as needed.
- Builds and maintains mutually beneficial relationships with key strategic suppliers.
- Ensures category performance (savings, pipeline, risks, issues) is reported at an appropriate level.
- Works collaboratively with wider stakeholders, building impactful relationships and leading cross-functional teams to deliver value as needed.
- Works in close partnership with the IT vendor management team to ensure a holistic approach to lifecycle management.
- Provides category insights and intelligence to function and office leads as required to drive business value globally.
- Compliance and Risk Management - ensure all procurement activities adhere to firm policies, and data protection procedures..
Key requirements
- Proven experience in a senior procurement role with an emphasis on business partnering, and preferably in a partnership or professional services environment.
- Deep technical knowledge of the IT category.
- Extensive knowledge of best practice procurement.
- Proven track record of building relationships and influencing at executive level.
- Excellent negotiation skills, is able to obtain consensus around credible, executable solutions
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, read situations, and make informed decisions.
- Assertive, authentic, accountable and values driven.
- Comfortable leading in ambiguity and in a transitional environment, with the ability to motivate others.
- Desirable to have familiarity with legal specific IT systems and tools (e.g. practice management, document management, and e-discovery solutions).
- Resilient, and can remain focused on the bigger picture in the face of setbacks.
- MCIPs qualification desirable.
Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.
We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing an onsite gym, wellbeing centre and GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, season ticket loans and online discounts and lifestyle management services.
We recognise the value of flexible working and embraces hybrid working, allowing our people to work from home up to 40% of their working time. We do however remain committed to working together in person for the remaining 60% of time so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.
Additional information - External
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Company
A&O Shearman is global industry-leading law firm with 48 offices in 29 countries. We are a partner and trusted advisor to some of the world’s most sophisticated companies, governments and financial institutions. With the combined strengths of our legacy firms, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, we offer unmatched global breadth and depth, a forward-thinking perspective on the future and a one-firm culture of excellence to achieve unparallelled outcomes for our clients and for each other.
We're at the start of an exciting journey, and this offers exceptional opportunities for our people. Whether you're helping clients solve their most complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel - whether you’re starting out, or taking the next step in your career.
We work to attract and retain the very best people – and we support them to build their future with us. As part of our high-performance culture, we have high expectations of one another in everything we do. We foster a working environment based on collaboration and mutual respect, where everyone is trusted to do their very best work in the way they see fit, to a standard we all share.
With us, you will constantly be learning and growing. We invest in you by offering exceptional professional and personal development – providing training, mentoring and practical support. And we nurture an environment and ways of working that promote positive wellbeing.
We have a powerful commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Your unique perspective, attributes and experiences are valued here and we invite you to bring your whole self to work.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best, we ask for the best of you, and we support you to achieve your potential. And together we excel.
- Website
- http://www.aoshearman.com/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 20 3088 0000
- Location
-
One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD
United Kingdom
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