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We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Procurement Manager to join our developing team in the specialist insurance and reinsurance sector at the heart of the Insurance market, You will play a pivotal role in helping to establish and mature the function, ensuring vendors meet or exceed their contractual obligations; identifying and leading on a broad range of Procurement projects and programs as well as contributing to the development of our process-evolution and successful delivery of our business transformation agenda. The Technology Services tower within Group Procurement is one of the spend-categories in Group Procurement; a central Operations function with a reporting line into the Group Chief Operations Officer. You will lead the tower and work in close collaboration with the other members of this team in to ensure that the tower is collectively responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, increasing the scope and compliance of contracts and spend under management, providing accurate and reliable reporting and MI as well as expert advice and guidance on commercial and contractual matters. The role will require you to work constructively and positively with colleagues and stakeholders as well external Key Partners and Third parties who support our business. Chaucer Group is embarking on a company-wide transformation programme. A further key aspect of this role will involve contribution to the transformation agenda by acting as Procurement lead for one or more of the planned Transformation Portfolios. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing relationships, working closely with the Transformation Portfolio Lead and other relevant stakeholders to track, prioritise, report and contribute to delivery of the planned pipeline of work. Working closely with the Head of Procurement and other Procurement team colleagues, you will proactively collaborate to agree pl