Interim Senior Procurement Manager - SAP £920pd

Role: Interim Senior Procurement Practitioner - SAP S4 HANA

Rate: £920 per day (Umbrella, Inside IR35)

Client: FTSE 100 Pharmaceutical Leader

Location: Hybrid working from home and central London 2 days per week

Duration: Initial 6 months (scope to extend to 12)

A Senior Procurement Manager to support this Global Pharmaceutical Leader's 7-year programme to upgrade from SAP ECC to SAP S4 HANA, with £100m spend.

You will lead and craft negotiation strategy, working closely with SAP to drive the best terms around pricing, support, maintenance and licenses.

Collaborating closely with external suppliers and consultancies, you will utilise market data and benchmarking o ensure appropriate pricing and value.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will understand needs and requirements for the move from SAP ECC to SAP S4 HANA, and take part in board-level meetings.

At implementation stage, you will work closely with big vendors, the likes to Wipro and TCS.

Requirements:

• 10+ years' strong Procurement experience, with previous ERP transformation exposure, ideally SAP S4 HANA implementations.
• Excellent, prior experience in negotiations with SAP.
• Good Project Management ability.
• Expert Financial Analysis and commercially literate, with the ability to craft negotiation strategies.
• Experience working closely with Tier 1 Vendors.
• Prior experience in a global, matrix organisation.

This is an urgent requirement - if interested, please apply asap and any questions, email claire.shipman@1st-executive.com