Senior Procurement Lead

Were looking for a Senior Procurement Lead to join our Third Party Management and Procurement Team in London (UK) or Austin (Texas). 

This role will focus on leading the Technology category comprising or subcategories such as Hardware Software Network & Telco Services Data. Its a unique opportunity to build on your entrepreneurial and commercial expertise help deliver Wises mission of money without borders and grow within a global fast-paced listed company environment while ensuring our key deals deliver the best value for money for Wise.

Wise is a fast growing business so we expect that the right candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate exceptional behaviours and commercial prowess which have resulted in material commercial outcomes in prior organisations. 

Your mission: 

At Wise our mission is to make money borderless and Procurement plays a key role in making that happen. We enable smarter data-driven sourcing decisions that ensure Wise partners with the right suppliers minimises risk and drives maximum value from every third-party investment. Our goal To make buying at Wise as seamless and frictionless as sending money across borders.

Procurement sits within our Third Party Management (TPM) function alongside Third Party Risk Management IntraGroup Services and TPM Tooling. Were a new and rapidly growing team that supports the business across all third party purchases.

This is your chance to help shape what Procurement looks like at Wise building scalable processes driving innovation and helping us create a best-in-class global procurement function from the ground up! 

Your mission is to enable protect and empower the business and people of Wise by ensuring Wises Technology deals support our commercial objectives flow through frictionless processes and deliver the best value for money. 

About the Role:

• Develop and execute long-term procurement strategies that align with Wises business objectives. This includes conducting market analysis to stay ahead of industry trends and predict shifts in supply and demand.

• Proactively build and maintain robust relationships with stakeholders within the organization. Facilitate regular cross-departmental meetings to ensure alignment between procurement strategies and business objectives.

• Lead efforts to achieve cost reductions and optimization of spend across categories. Utilize analytical and financial skills to assess total cost of ownership and budget impact of procurement decisions.

• Evaluate and support selection of suppliers utilizing robust criteria for quality price and reliability. 

• Contribute to the smooth onboarding relationship management and offboarding of third-party suppliers. Support initiatives to improve these processes continually including tooling selection implementation and improvements.

• Help monitor and evaluate third-party relationships to ensure they provide tangible value to Wise and its customers. 

• Identify opportunities for consolidating suppliers renegotiating contracts or initiating new proposals (RFPs)

• Develop and implement supplier performance metrics and scorecards and lead initiatives for supplier improvement and innovation.

• Assisting in the creation of  risk mitigation strategies to address supply chain disruptions. Stay informed about political and economic environments impacting supply chains and support the development of contingency plans.

• Stay up to date on initiatives aimed at sustainable and ethical sourcing to enhance Wises reputation and ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.

• Advocate for and implement innovative procurement technologies and automation to enhance procurement processes increase efficiency and reduce manual tasks.

• Mentor and develop procurement team members fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.

• Ensure all procurement activities comply with internal policies legal requirements and industry regulations while promoting integrity and transparency across all operations.

• Stay abreast of industry best practices and leverage them to improve Wises procurement processes and strategy. Encourage creative problem-solving and new procurement solutions to maximize organizational effectiveness.

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• Choose your path to impact. Youll take ownership from day one. Of course you will have feedback from smart curious people across Wise but youll experience unique levels of ownership and empowerment within your role.

• Be extremely hands on. No far away leaders in Wise and in this role youd be expected to take on the work yourself. 

• Be part of our mission to make money without borders the new normal.

Qualifications :

• Experience in leading and developing commercial strategies in end-to-end Technology categories. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the financial services or fintech industry.

• Proven track record of delivering and exceeding commercial targets. 

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships and work collaboratively across different teams

• Ability to advise manage and report risks effectively providing practical solutions to mitigate them.

• Experience with sourcing tools market analysis and end-to-end procurement processes.

• Demonstrable ability to evaluate and summarise complex sourcing scenarios communicating them in a clear and pragmatic way to different stakeholders and influencing with impact.

• Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• A get-it-done collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Were people without borders without judgement or prejudice too. We want to work with the best people no matter their background. So if youre passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission youll fit right in. 

Additional Information :

For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.

Were proud to have a truly international team and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time