Senior Procurement Specialist – Indirect Procurement

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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World Kinect

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5001 - 10000 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

⚡ Energy

Consulting • Logistics • Energy

World Kinect is a Fortune 100 leader in the global energy industry, providing energy solutions across the aviation, marine, and land transport sectors. The company focuses on delivering fuel and energy services efficiently worldwide, leveraging a robust and scalable distribution platform. World Kinect is committed to sustainability, investing in renewable energy sources and solutions to support decarbonization and energy efficiency. Its services include energy procurement, brokerage, supply, risk management, and various sustainability services such as renewable energy sourcing and emission trading schemes.

📋 Description

• Lead management of the non-IT subscriptions category • Maintain a centralized inventory of non-IT subscriptions • Manage contract renewals, amendments, and terminations • Ensure timely sourcing and renewal activities to avoid unwanted auto-renewals • Drive procurement governance and policy compliance • Identify opportunities to optimize costs, improve service levels, and reduce risk • Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned with business objectives • Lead supplier negotiations and commercial discussions • Evaluate supplier performance, risks, and market opportunities • Conduct supplier benchmarking and market intelligence analysis • Deliver measurable savings and operational efficiencies • Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and support strategic decision-making • Collaborate with Legal, Finance, IT, Information Security, and operational teams on contract reviews and negotiations • Build supplier relationships and establish and monitor supplier KPIs and service expectations • Perform spend analysis and build cost models • Generate reporting and provide procurement insights • Maintain procurement trackers, databases, and governance records • Support SOX controls and audit requests • Drive automation, process efficiency, and continuous improvement initiatives • Support Procure-to-Pay activities through Oracle Fusion • Assist with invoice resolution and procurement process issues • Manage shared procurement mailboxes and stakeholder requests • Contribute to procurement policies, procedures, and best practices

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of indirect procurement experience • Proven experience leading sourcing, contract renewal, and supplier management activities • Experience negotiating commercial agreements and contract terms • Experience working within a large global organization • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills • Demonstrated success managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment • Experience managing subscription or recurring services categories preferred • Experience using Oracle Fusion or similar ERP platforms preferred • Experience supporting compliance, governance, or SOX-related procurement activities preferred • Exposure to supplier performance management and procurement analytics preferred • Strategic sourcing and commercial negotiation skills • Contract lifecycle management • Supplier relationship management • Spend analysis and reporting • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent planning and organizational skills • Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities • Strong communication and presentation skills • Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office proficiency • Interest in technology, automation, and continuous improvement

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Career development and growth opportunities • Opportunity to lead a highly visible category with enterprise-wide impact • Opportunity to influence sourcing strategy, supplier performance, and cost optimization • Diverse, global work environment • Innovation, governance, and continuous improvement-focused team