Department: Procurement

Location: London

Role: Category Specialist - HR & Professional Services

The Team

This is a new opportunity to join the market-leading Global Procurement function at Clyde & Co, to introduce best practice, embed sustainability, drive continuous improvement and deliver value through Procurement.

In the last 2 years the Clyde Procurement team has undergone an incredible transformation journey. We are centered around camaraderie and dedication resulting in one of the strongest procurement functions in professional services.

The HR and Professional Services category team manages all spend, suppliers and stakeholders in the HR, Business Consulting, Marketing, Comms and PR teams.

Key Responsibilities

Stakeholder and Category Management

• Support the Global Category Managers with the implementation and communication of the Procurement strategy plan for categories including supplier management as appropriate.
• Managing and executing procurement projects; both supporting and influencing strategic and commercial decisions related to various categories/projects.
• Stakeholder and Supplier Management related to the category both during the procurement and service delivery stage.
• Proactive management and accountability for all procurement activity and 3rd party spend within specified categories.

Supplier Management

• Work with internal teams and stakeholders to manage performance and relationship with suppliers.
• Drive continuous improvement across the supplier base and process improvements that deliver tangible service and commercial outcomes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience within Indirect Procurement with the ability to work across multiple sub-categories within HR and Professional Services.
• Demonstrable experience operating in a commercially focused, strategic procurement team with strong analytical experience.
• Experience of managing end-to-end procurement processes over multiple projects.
• Ability to deliver successful commercial and contractual negotiations.
• Notable level of procurement delivery including RFx, market analysis and supplier management.
• Excellent levels of written and verbal communication, with strong influencing skills.
• Ability to build solid and lasting working relationships with the Procurement team, stakeholders and suppliers CIPS qualified or working towards qualification is desirable.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organisations successfully navigate risk and maximise opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources. Globally integrated, we offer a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness

  This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.