Job Description

Location: DMGT HQ - High Street Kensington, London
Position: Permanent

About the Role

This is a high-impact, hands-on procurement role at the heart of a fast-moving media business. As a Procurement Specialist you will support a variety of categories and departments such as Marketing, HR, Professional Services, Facilities, Travel, Postal Services, Technology and Financial Services. You will support them with commercial decision making, including but not limited to, identifying cost-saving opportunities, negotiating commercial terms, aiding with contract & supplier management and reducing commercial risks.

Main Responsibilities

The Procurement Specialist will support the business acquiring the best value goods and services necessary to meet the company's requirements and operations by being a lead for sourcing projects, negotiating contracts and building strong internal and external relationships. All while working closely with senior stakeholders across the business and acting as a key liaison between business stakeholders, Legal, Information Security, Technology and Finance teams. The role carries autonomy and a visible impact, with multiple workstreams running in parallel and the opportunity to shape procurement practice across the organisation.

The Procurement Specialist responsibilities will involve assisting with supplier communication, commercial negotiations, internal stakeholder management, spend analysis and ensuring the timely delivery of goods and services with effective contract management.

More specifically the tasks will be extensive as the Procurement team deals with an array of projects and stakeholders of varying risk, value and timescale. These tasks will include:

• Supporting key stakeholders across the business with the delivery of their department’s strategies.
• Identifying cost saving opportunities.
• Leading on supplier negotiations to get the best value for the business.
• Supporting sourcing activities with actions such as market research, the creation & issuing of RFx's documentation, carrying out tenders of all sizes and collating detailed supplier responses for the business to make critical decisions.
• Create & maintain visibility of the Procurement team's projects and contracts prioritisation.
• Perform and support supplier due diligence process, highlighting areas of risk to the relevant stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with the various stakeholders (internal and external), addressing any issues to maintain positive supplier performance.
• Provide data and insights on procurement activities, including spend analysis and supplier performance reports.
• Carry out administrative tasks such as making sure contracts and important documentation are consistently saved in their relevant locations.
• Suggest and support the implementation of new processes across the business and within the Procurement team.
• Monitor the contract expiry report to prevent any lapse in services by negotiating contract renewals which are essential to the business' operation.
• Ensure all procurement activities adhere to our company policies & guidelines, as well as industry best practices.

Person Specification

• Clear understanding and experience of the end-to-end procurement cycle and all the stages involved in acquiring goods and services.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Good communication skills at all levels.
• Well organised, adaptive and good time management skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Computer proficiency (comfortable using Microsoft Office Suite; particularly Excel; PowerBI, contract lifecycle tools and Coupa).
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently.
• Qualification at higher national or degree level is desirable but not essential.
• CIPS qualification (or working towards) is desirable but not essential.

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Pension plan and life cover
• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

About Us

DMG Media is one of the UK’s most influential media companies, home to some of the nation’s best-known and most-read brands – including the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, The i Paper, New Scientist and Metro. We reach millions of readers every day across print and digital, and our ambition is to keep growing. To do that, the Procurement team needs a sharp, commercially minded person who can help us work smarter, spend better, drive efficiencies and build supplier partnerships that genuinely move the business forward.

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.