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Hard Services Category Manager

What this job involves

Individual will be responsible for leading developing and managing a range of hard service categories to achieve organizational goals by: developing category strategies, understanding how best to leverage scale, build supplier relationships, identify and bring forward market innovations, support client solutions and providing overall value to stakeholders in support of all JLL client managed spend.

Summary

Develops and regularly maintains short, mid and long-term category strategies aligned with overall business strategy and objectives and departmental stakeholdersForges key strategic relationships with strategic suppliers and industry leaders and develops those relationships, being mindful of long-term mutually beneficial and ethical objectives as well as providing the business with access to supplier innovationManages category-specific segmentation of service providers and supply partners to ensure that we have the best service provision available across the category to deliver value to our internal and external clientsShares market intelligence, best practices and provides category expertise in improving cost, performance and overall value to end users.

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for category strategy development, execution and category performance of all category related activities.Delivery of financial targets in line with business expectations. CM continuously drives the category opportunity agenda and self-sufficiently identifies, agrees and executes these projectsAccountable for creating strategic solution for specific commodity and service requirements and where necessary manages procurement event planning, RFP/quotation management, bid analysis and recommendations, liaison with internal stakeholders for contract approvals, savings reporting, documentation and compliance.Utilize and enhance supply chain data analytics to assess current state needs and portfolio and enable more strategic thought leadershipRationalizes supply base and develops clear strategic supply partner framework and maintains this framework at senior supplier levelUse market and industry intelligence to identify and qualify new suppliers and use data to support the business and delivery of services. In addition, identify risk, threats and provide solutions for mitigation.Utilize SRM tools to manage relationship with JLL preferred supply base. Act as the internal issue resolution point and review performance regularlyProvide functional leadership and peer group alignment, where appropriate and neededIdentify opportunities to develop and implement new policies and procedures, including rationalization of legacy policies and proceduresPrepare high quality papers and presentations for use with internal and external stakeholders and/or teams as requiredApply ethical company standards and ensure Global Procurement policy is applied always

Sourcing Process Expectations

Develop category plan with the ability to provide visibility such as supplier summaries, stakeholder engagement plans, contract summaries, and market insights that lead to both short and long-term strategiesAbility to negotiate and have proven strategies within areas of responsible spendLead development and execution of all sourcing-related functions- performing due diligence and assessment of prospective suppliers, executing RFPs/bids, negotiating contracts and ensuring effective transition to operations during implementationPartner with functional leads and the business to drive both immediate and sustained benefits to JLL and its clientsBring strategic thought leadership to identify additional cost and operational efficienciesProactively manage internal stakeholder expectations and escalate at appropriate timesManage savings tracking and work with sourcing managers and key suppliers, ensure that savings initiatives ideas are being driven to maximize savings impactsConduct supplier performance review meetings, manage supplier scorecards, contract compliance and service obligationsSupport a supplier diversity programSubject matter expert for category and main point of contact within JLL

Sound like you? To apply you need to have:

Bachelor’s Degree / Degree in Procurement or Supply Chain preferred.7+ years procurement-related experienceHighly Desirable is experience of managing and working in FM Hard Services or an engineering disciplineExcellent Inter-personal skills, Organization skills, Strong Analytical AbilityAbility work on a regional scale and across different time zones.Excellent communication skills – oral and writtenProven ability to facilitate strategic supplier relationships and work with senior business executives and across procurement leadershipCollaborative and influencing style with a focus on team workProven ability to deliver results in challenging environmentsExpertise in sourcing with demonstrated ability to manage changeAbility to sell and present initiatives and/or new ideasExperience in sourcing indirect corporate services and productsExcellent PC skills, proficient in MS applications with excellent ability to work with large amounts of data and build reportsAbility to work in a fast-paced environment with strict timelines.Ability to deal with the senior leadership team

Location:

On-site –London, GBR

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table! If you require any changes to the application process, please email EMEATA@jll.com or call +44 (0)20 7493 4933 to contact one of our team members to discuss how to best support you throughout the process. Please note, the contact details provided are to discuss or request for adjustments to be made to the hiring process.   Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.

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