Professional Services Category Manager

Marex

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 13 days ago
About MarexMarex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world's major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.For more information visitRole SummaryThis role at Marex would see ownership of supplier management, outsourcing and Suppliers risk management across the Marex Group.Marex is continuing to build out a team of highly skilled procurement professionals to support the firm to continue to deliver value across its third party spend. An exciting new role has now been created to lead the Professional Services spend category where there is an opportunity for the successful individual to deliver tangible value through the delivery of cost savings, process efficiencies and thought leadership.The key areas of professional services spend will primarily be focused on consulting services (both IT & non-IT), audit services & Legal services across a global spend footprint.ResponsibilitiesOpportunity Assessment
  • Develop a detailed strategy for each professional services sub-category spend area. Identifying clear roles and responsibilities, timelines and potential business outcomes that will deliver clear value to the firm.
Stakeholder Engagement & Management
  • Build a comprehensive stakeholder map and create and maintain strong relationships with all business stakeholders. Keep key stakeholders and suppliers regularly updated with progress and ensure all parties are on-track with any of their deliverables.
Solution Delivery
  • Working closely with key stakeholders you will take the lead on end-to-end sourcing activities, which will include defining requirements, providing market analysis, launching new competitive sourcing events, negotiating supplier rate-cards on preferential rates and implementing procedures to consolidate supplier spend.
Process Alignment & Optimization.
  • Identify ongoing opportunities to improve current commercial processes and procedures working with cross functional teams. Ensure any changes meet the firms overarching internal policies and standards whilst being flexible and adaptable.
Thought Leadership
  • Provide thought leadership and strategic insights to key stakeholders on market and technological developments. Build an ongoing roadmap and pipeline of activities identifying further opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation.
Skills and Experience
  • Proven experience in managing a procurement category within a global firm, ideally for a minimum period of 3 years* with a focus on the professional services area.
  • Demonstrable track record of delivering significant firm value from identification of opportunities through to successful execution.
  • Proven ability to build strong stakeholder relationships across a range of different business teams, be able to successfully influence in a collaborative manner.
  • Possess strong project management skills with a background in delivering clear updates, ability to continuously chart and report on progress through to the successful outcome of all strategic initiatives.
  • Must have the ability to come up with logical and flexible solutions that are fit for purpose and meet the firms' requirements.
*experience outside of this range will also be consideredCompetencies
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment.
  • Demonstrates curiosity.
  • Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to take a high level of responsibility in a fast pace and high-volume environment.
  • Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others.
  • Focused and diligent. Attention to detail always.
Conduct RulesYou must:
  • Act with integrity
  • Act with due skill, care and diligence
  • Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
  • Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
  • Observe proper standard of market conduct
  • Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers
Company ValuesActing as a role model for the values of the Company:Respect - Clients are at the heart of our business, with superior execution and superb client service the foundation of the firm. We respect our clients and always treat them fairly.Integrity - Doing business the right way is the only way. We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard in everything we do – our clients expect this and we demand it of ourselves.Collaborative - We work in teams - open and direct communication and the willingness to work hard and collaboratively are the basis for effective teamwork. Working well with others is necessary for us to succeed at what we do.Developing our People - Our people are the basis of our competitive advantage. We look to “grow our own” and make Marex the place ambitious, hardworking, talented people choose to build their careers.Adaptable and Nimble - Our size and flexibility is an advantage. We are big enough to support our client's various needs, and adaptable and nimble enough to respond quickly to changing conditions or requirements. A non-bureaucratic, but well controlled environment fosters initiative as well as employee satisfaction.Marex is fully committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company.

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