Procurement Specialist
Procurement Specialist
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Job Description
About the role:
We have a great opportunity within our Procurement team in Birmingham to join on a 12month fixed term contract as a Procurement Specialist. Within this role you will provide essential operational support to the Strategic Procurement Team covering all aspects of purchasing goods and services for the firm as well as supplying services to our clients.
About you:
We are looking for an individual who demonstrates extensive experience in procurement within a servicedelivery focused organisation and a comprehensive understanding of the legal industrys key suppliers and market dynamics.
The successful candidate will be adept at negotiating with suppliers across various categories including software cloud services IT consulting HR facility management and indirect procurement. Proficiency in contractual commercial terms and conditions along with strong negotiation skills is essential.
Collaboration is key and we need someone with a proven track record of working seamlessly with departments such as Finance IT and Compliance to ensure procurement activities align perfectly with our organisational goals.
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 24 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 weeks 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 threemonth 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 reassignment 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
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
