Cost Appraisal Manager

Posted:
2/3/2025, 1:43:42 AM

Location(s):
England, United Kingdom ⋅ London, England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Sales & Account Management

The Role

The Cost Appraisal Manager will work closely with the Finance, Operations and Procurement functions to establish best practice across the organisation. This will encompass process review and optimisation, cost benchmarking and governance.

What will you be doing?

  • Establish best practices: Review, improve and maintain cost approval processes to promote best practices across the organisation.
  • Monitor and analyse performance: Track key cost incurrence metrics and budgets, analyse data, and prepare reports to measure the effectiveness of procurement and cost creation activities.
  • Perform vendor audits: Conduct annual audits of vendors to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and performance standards.
  • Drive cost reduction Initiatives: Identify and implement cost-saving measures through strategic sourcing and process optimisations.
  • Collaborate with operations and procurement teams: Work closely with various departments to understand their needs, identify sourcing opportunities, and implement procurement strategies that align with their objectives.
  • Develop and implement procurement strategies: Analyse spending patterns and develop sourcing strategies to ensure cost-effectiveness and efficiency.

What do we want from you?

  • You are self motivated from either a Financial or Operational background, with a proven track record in effective cost optimisation.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Proficiency in dealing with financial concepts and large data sets.
  • Ability to effectively work across stakeholder groups in a range of different functional areas.
  • Preferred: Experience working within a digital infrastructure setting, experience working with Salesforce and/or Business Central.
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience preferred.  

If this position is of interest but you don’t think you meet all of the criteria listed, please consider applying still. euNetworks looks to recruit people with the right attitude, potential and ambition and for the right candidate, we will provide further training and support to enable you to develop in the role.

What can we offer you?

We’re a multi-faceted company that has been consistently growing for over 10 years but we remain committed to our company values and hiring people who want to be part of the team and make a contribution.

We invest in our people by offering a range of benefits and development opportunities that are shaped to fit each of the countries we operate in.

Our Family Friendly Policy delivers enhanced and inclusive parental benefits that can viewed here. For more detail on our bonus system, holiday allowance and other leave entitlements contact us directly at recruitment@eunetworks.com

Our Love To Learn initiative delivers focused company wide training sessions across a range of skills, suitable for every role and level. These are complemented by individual training and progression plans. We partner with industry specialists to offer comprehensive mental wellbeing support and training.

We offer early career opportunities including apprenticeships, internships and an established graduate programme.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements or questions to assist you through the selection process and your decision making.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Our company values drive our behaviour and form the basis of how we operate our business, work as a team and as individuals. We respect and trust one another and all of our stakeholders. We embrace diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture is a priority at euNetworks.

We strive to ensure a welcoming environment, where everyone can provide equally respected input, in a safe place, judgment free. Our employees work together through our ‘You Belong Here’ initiative to deliver meaningful developments and programs for the benefit and inclusion of all.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and seek people looking to build a long and meaningful career at euNetworks. We commit to providing each individual with the support, continued learning and the tools to achieve their goals and an environment in which they can thrive.