Project Manager (Procurement)
Posted 1 day ago by Schroders
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Procurement Project Manager / Business Analyst involves supporting the Procurement Transformation agenda at Schroders by combining project delivery and business analysis skills. The successful candidate will work closely with the Procurement leadership team to develop capabilities and tools essential for effective business partnerships. This position requires a collaborative and assertive individual with a proven track record in managing diverse projects. The role is hybrid, based in London, and focuses on strategic initiatives within the Corporate Change Team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, execute, and oversee procurement-related initiatives, ensuring objectives and outcomes align with organisational goals.
- Apply design thinking principles to understand procurement needs, design procurement processes, and co-create innovative solutions.
- Develop target state processes to improve, simplify and automate Procurement operational processes, with controls to drive business compliance and adoption.
- Work with Procurement leadership and stakeholders to define business requirements and co-create the solutions needed to facilitate their BAU processes efficiently.
- Develop, implement, and iterate frameworks, templates, and best practice toolkits to support consistent, efficient procurement processes.
- Build strong working relationships with Procurement and their business stakeholders to facilitate effective collaboration throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop and implement change management and communication plans to embed the change in Procurement and business users.
- Prepare clear documentation, project artefacts, and presentations for leadership and stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Understanding of the Asset Management industry and Corporate functions.
- Understanding and experience of the disciplines of a Procurement function (essential).
- Experience of delivering change within a Procurement function (essential).
- Ability to operate across traditional programme and project delivery methodologies, particularly Agile delivery methodologies.
- Strong experience in a business analysis role (essential) including business process change and business change.
- Experience of project management; planning, coordination, and ensuring business outcomes and timelines are achieved on time, to budget and quality.
- Experience of requirements elicitation through direct interaction with business users and their processes.
- Experience of working with senior business stakeholders and confident to challenge to develop the right solution for the business.
- Logical, structured thought processes and good problem-solving skills.
- Good relationship management skills - able to engage with and gain confidence of others.
- Strong communication skills - written, pictorial, presentational, and verbal at all levels within the organisation.
- Able to demonstrate initiative and work independently.
- Able to work well in a team.
- Demonstrable high-quality outputs and business outcomes.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Procurement Project Manager / Business Analyst 6 months contract
Who we’re looking for
We're looking for an experienced hybrid Project Manager / Business Analyst to support our Procurement Transformation agenda as we build a strong foundation for the function going forward. You will play a role in ensuring the success of the Procurement strategic agenda. We're after a passionate change professional who can effectively combine project delivery and business analysis skills to structure, design and deliver components of the Procurement operating model. You will be working with the Procurement leadership team to develop the capabilities and tools critical for developing successful business partnerships with their stakeholders. You’ll be part of a team with high visibility, working on strategic initiatives for the firm. You’ll be assertive, collaborative and flexible, and will have a proven track record of delivery on diverse range of projects.
About Schroders
We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.
The base
We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly. You’ll be based in our London office, 3 days a week, working remotely for 2 days a week. This may flex depending on workshops and project scheduling.
The team
This role is within the Corporate Change Team. We are a friendly, supportive and collaborative team comprising of Programme and Project, Business Analysts and PMO specialists who manage the delivery of change programmes and projects across Schroders Corporate functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, and oversee procurement-related initiatives, ensuring objectives and outcomes align with organisational goals.
- Apply design thinking principles to understand procurement needs, design procurement processes, and co-create innovative solutions. Develop target state processes to improve, simplify and automate Procurement operational processes, with controls to drive business compliance and adoption
- Work with Procurement leadership and stakeholders to define business requirements and co-create the solutions needed to facilitate their BAU processes in an efficient, streamlined way with business partnership at its core
- Category Management Frameworks and Template Development: Develop, implement, and iterate frameworks, templates, and best practice toolkits to support consistent, efficient procurement processes. Work closely with the Category managers to design and implement enablers to support their category strategy development and business partnering capability
- Collaboration: Build strong working relationships with Procurement, and their business stakeholders to facilitate effective collaboration throughout the project lifecycle
- Change engagement and management: Develop and implement change management and comms plans to embed the change in Procurement and business users
- Reporting & Documentation: Prepare clear documentation, project artefacts, and presentations for leadership and stakeholders
The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
- Understanding of the Asset Management industry and Corporate functions.
- Understanding and experience of the disciplines of a Procurement function (essential),
- Experience of delivering change within a Procurement function (essential)
- Ability to operate across traditional programme and project delivery methodologies in particular experience of Agile delivery methodologies.
- Strong experience in a business analysis role (essential) including business process change and business change.
- Experience of project management; planning, co-ordination and ensuring the business outcomes and timelines are achieved on time, to budget and quality (risk management/ escalation)
- Ensure appropriate project governance is followed and collate supporting documents
- Experience of requirements elicitation through direct interaction with business users and their processes (Interviews, observation and workshops),
- Experience of working with senior business stakeholders, and confident to challenge in order to develop the right solution for the business
- Logical, structured thought processes and good problem-solving skills
- Good relationship management skills - able to engage with and gain confidence of others and maximise their contribution to the process. Able to develop effective relationships across the business and the wider change management community
- Strong communication skills - written, pictorial, presentational and verbal at all levels within the organisation
- Able to demonstrate initiative and work independently
- Able to work well in a team
- Demonstrable high-quality outputs and business outcomes
The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
- Project management qualification
- Business Analysis qualification
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. MS Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
What you’ll be like
Personal Attributes
- Organised and focused on delivery
- Can develop new ideas and approaches that impact on existing methods, policies and approaches.
- Self starter who is ready to own responsibility for coordinating and planning the objectives and activities.
- Confident enough to be able to challenge
- Ability to work on multiple initiatives within a wider project /programme in fast paced environment
- Comfortable working with ambiguity
- Relates well to people of diverse opinion, culture and background
- Equally effective in managing up and down
- Friendly, approachable, enjoys working with people from a variety of backgrounds
- Adaptable and flexible with approach.
We're looking for the best, whoever they are
Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. You're welcome here whatever your socio-economic background, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious belief, age or disability.