Procurement Compliance & Onboarding Specialist (6-month FTC)
Posted 1 week ago by Quest Search and Selection
£45,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Procurement Compliance & Onboarding Specialist will serve as the primary contact for suppliers, managing relationships, onboarding, performance, and risk mitigation within a 6-month fixed-term contract. This role emphasizes the integration of AI technology with procurement expertise to enhance sourcing and compliance. The specialist will be responsible for developing supplier success strategies and ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. The position offers hybrid working arrangements in central London, with opportunities for growth and international exposure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and deliver a supplier success strategy aligned to business objectives.
- Manage key supplier relationships as primary point of contact, building strong long-term partnerships.
- Lead regular supplier performance reviews and drive continuous improvement.
- Oversee supplier onboarding, ensuring smooth integration and clear understanding of requirements.
- Monitor KPIs and SLAs, using data to identify risks, trends, and performance gaps across operational, financial, ESG, and compliance areas, while driving continuous improvement opportunities.
- Act as escalation point for supplier issues and ensure timely resolution.
- Identify and mitigate supply risks while ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Category, Procurement, Finance, Legal) for aligned supplier management.
Key Skills:
- 2+ years of experience in a sourcing/procurement role.
- Strong understanding of sourcing and procurement processes, S2P workflows, and related technologies.
- Strong experience in onboarding and managing new supplier relationships.
- Extensive experience across procurement processes, ensuring supplier compliance across data, ESG, financial due diligence, and risk frameworks.
- Monitor and analyse supplier performance against KPIs and SLAs, using data to identify risks, drive accountability, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Solid understanding of procurement processes, contract management, and performance metrics (KPIs/SLAs).
- Experience with procurement SaaS platforms is an advantage.
Salary (Rate): £45,000.00 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Quest Search & Selection is currently recruiting for a Procurement Compliance & Onboarding Specialist (6-month FTC) . In this role you will act as the key point of contact for suppliers by managing relationships, onboarding, performance, issue resolution, and risk mitigation. The business combines cutting-edge AI technology with in-house procurement expertise to simplify sourcing, drive compliance, and unlock measurable value.
Duties & Responsibilities for this Procurement Compliance & Onboarding Specialist (6-month FTC) role:
- Define and deliver a supplier success strategy aligned to business objectives.
- Manage key supplier relationships as primary point of contact, building strong long-term partnerships.
- Lead regular supplier performance reviews and drive continuous improvement.
- Oversee supplier onboarding, ensuring smooth integration and clear understanding of requirements.
- Monitor KPIs and SLAs, using data to identify risks, trends, and performance gaps across operational, financial, ESG, and compliance areas, while driving continuous improvement opportunities.
- Act as escalation point for supplier issues and ensure timely resolution.
- Identify and mitigate supply risks while ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Category, Procurement, Finance, Legal) for aligned supplier management.
To be successful in this Procurement Compliance & Onboarding Specialist (6-month FTC) role:
- Ideally having 2+ years of experience in a sourcing / procurement role.
- Strong understanding of sourcing and procurement processes, S2P workflows, and related technologies.
- Strong experience in onboarding and managing new supplier relationships is essential
- Extensive experience across procurement processes, ensuring supplier compliance across data, ESG, financial due diligence, and risk frameworks
- Monitor and analyse supplier performance against KPIs and SLAs, using data to identify risks, drive accountability, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Solid understanding of procurement processes, contract management, and performance metrics (KPIs/SLAs).
- Experience with procurement SaaS platforms is an advantage.
The benefits of this Procurement Compliance & Onboarding Specialist (6-month FTC) role:
- Hybrid working - central London office (3 days in the office)
- Penson contribution
- Other additional benefits
- 25 days holiday (pro-rata)
- Buy and sell Holiday scheme
- Potential to go perm
- Comfortable working within diverse, global teams
- Scale up - lots of growth and potential
- International opportunities
If this opportunity sounds like you and want to be part of a growing and innovative company, then please apply