Procurement Consultant (HR / L & D) - 6 month FTC - new job in London, UK

Procurement Consultant within HR / Training / L & D - 6 month FTC - £30K-£44K - can be based anywhere in the UK

Our client is one of the leading Financial Services organisations in the UK, currently looking for a Procurement Specialist to work within People Growth and Performance. Working as part of their wider People and Culture Community, this role is based in the "home" team of Learning and Skills. You'll work as part of a small team working to drive efficiencies and build a strategy which supports the reduction in the organisation's costs associated with external training and coaching spend.

This will involve:

• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the business to understand their future needs
• Gathering and analysing internal and external data to provide insight in support of defining the future people development supplier strategy
• Work with procurement to research and manage where appropriate the RFP process
• Engagement of a new Learning Experience Platform (LXP) tream to understand how the organisation can increase engagement and learning via the platform.
• Delivering company-wide inclusive learning solutions that supports our People Strategy

You'll help to identify the people development needs we need to succeed into the future that require the support of partner suppliers and enable a continuous learning culture through the activity you deliver.

Working flexibly, joining face to face where necessary, you'll work using both virtual and agile ways of working. As part of a Squad, you'll attend daily stand ups and scrum events to drive efficiencies and deliver at pace.

You may also support wider initiatives by being a member of an "away" team so that people with the right expertise work on the right activity at the right time.

To be successful in this role you will hold previous procurement experience as well as the following:

• Comfortable to conduct research both internally and externally
• Able to understand, analyse and interpret insight to inform decision making
• Understanding of the procurement process
• Comfortable working with ambiguity
• Consultancy skills to assess future needs of the organisation
• Creative mindset and passion to innovate
• Effective stakeholder management skills at different levels
• Strong communication skills, confident at both writing and presenting both face to face and virtual
• Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to manage and own multiple competing priorities and deliverables
• Proactive and empowered to make decisions within a framework
• Knowledge and skills in using QlikSense, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams for virtual working

In return, you will get access to a fantastic rewards package including generous pension contibution and 25 days holiday pro rata.

Please apply online for immediate consideration.

Lorien Internal is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.