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Royal Mail
Royal Mail Procurement Opportunities
Royal Mail is well underway with one of the largest transformation
programmes in corporate history with the aim of meeting its strategic goals
in terms of maximising profitable revenue through continued innovation
and efficiency and service improvements, delivered through an engaged
workforce.
Until recently Royal Mail, which is competing in an increasingly fierce market, was tied by significant constraints. These are now being removed providing both the opportunity and catalyst for transformation in order to meet the Organisation’s aim of becoming the most trusted postal services Company in the world. This is a hugely exciting time for Royal Mail Group and there could not be a more interesting time to join.
Procurement in Royal Mail
Procurement is led by CPO Kath Harmeston, a highly regarded figure within
Procurement who reports directly to the CFO. The CPO’s commercial acumen
has enabled her to move into a senior business role at the Organisation
from a Consultancy where she was instrumental in massive procurement
transformational focused programmes across industry.
Procurement has already been heavily involved in a programme of business- wide cost minimisation. The success of this activity has catapulted Procurement into one of the leading transformation-driving teams within the Organisation and Procurement is very clearly seen as a trusted commercial advisor rather than a transactional function. The roles now available within Procurement provide an opportunity to play a significant part in the ongoing development of both Procurement and the organisation as a whole.
Royal Mail takes a “Private Sector” approach to business, being highly commercial in focus. There is an exceptionally strong focus on cost reduction which is shared across all business functions. Candidates should anticipate that complexity and scale of spend and stakeholder management experienced at the Organisation will be some of the greatest in the market. The Procurement structure at Royal Mail is a flat and lean structure and offers an exciting mix of category development and execution accountability. As a consequence they have high expectations regarding analytical skills and general procurement market knowledge of all individuals joining within Procurement.
Royal Mail Candidates
Royal Mail’s requirement for candidates will appeal to highly resilient,
tenacious engagers and astute stakeholder managers who thrive in fast
paced, complex environments and enjoy a high level of autonomy regarding
their approach and execution of category management.
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