About Retearn: 

We are an award-winning consultancy that specialises in procurement and self-funded transformation and our aim is simple – we help clients to be as lean, efficient and profitable as possible to help them drive their future growth.

The Opportunity:

To support our ongoing growth and success, we have a fantastic career opportunity for talented procurement professionals who have 2 to 4 years’ experience in category management, sourcing, contract and or supplier management to join our Consulting team as a Procurement Consultant.

If you have a passion for procurement and looking to fast track your career; Retearn offers an exciting opportunity to develop and strengthen your procurement career within Consultancy and the chance to work on varied procurement and business transformation projects across private and public sector clients.

The Role:

Reporting to our Head of Procurement Consulting, you will be working across multiple projects with responsibility for:

•      Supporting on procurement assessments and category analysis/planning
•      Identifying tactical buying & strategic saving opportunities
•      Supporting procurement work streams to achieve project deliverables within defined deadlines
•       Working with stakeholders and building relationships to ensure effective project delivery
•       Undertaking supply market research to develop category, sourcing and contract initiatives
•       Meeting stakeholders to define procurement and sourcing project requirements
•       Developing and or implementing category plans, tactical buying / strategic sourcing projects
•   Undertaking contract and supplier management & continuous improvement activities
•    Supporting on savings delivery programmes; including running pre and post sourcing/ tendering processes through to contract award
•      Undertaking supplier/contract negotiations and driving supply chain initiatives

What we are looking for:

•      A dynamic procurement professional with 2-4 years procurement experience in a category management and or indirect sourcing role
• You should have indirect category experience in either: HR & Professional Services, FM, IT and or Marketing & Digital Services or a Generalist category background will be considered
•      Comfortable working collaboratively with multi-disciplined teams and can build relationships quickly
•       Excellent analytical skills and an attention to detail
•    Strong communication, organisational and stakeholder engagement skills                           

And in Retearn

•     You will join a fun, dynamic team offering you the opportunity to develop your career within consultancy and further strengthen your procurement expertise
•       Excellent opportunities for progression and professional development
•       Exposure to work across multiple industry sectors and a varied portfolio of clients
•       A competitive salary package and bonus
•       Central London based Consultancy with a UK and international client base   

Whilst we would like to personally reply to every application that we receive, due to the volume of applications that is not possible. So, if you have not heard from us within 20 days from submission of your application, then on this occasion you have not been successful