Head of Procurement

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive Procurement Strategy across project and initiatives.
• Establish, build, and maintain collaborative relationships with all key suppliers.
• Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with suppliers to secure savings.
• Provide material and goods projections to key suppliers to ensure availability on a timely basis.
• To drive and support Category management ensuring utilisation and maximise ion of group frameworks.
• To promote and support the use of internal businesses and ensure that they are included in all tender opportunities.
• Ensure that Procurement are leading the sub-contract procurement across the business.
• To support the Work Winning teams and ensure that Procurement Strategies are in place.
• Manage the Procurement team group-wide, including recruitment, developing staff and managing agreed budgets.
• Ensure compliance with procedural, regulatory, quality, environmental and corporate social responsibility policies.
• Collaborate with operational management and the supply chain to identify innovation and source new and alternative materials and methods.
• Be an advocate for Procurement. Influence senior managers, and design and lead on direct benefits realisation.
• To lead and drive up-skilling and training within the Procurement team.
• Lead client facing activities across regional projects.
• Resolve any discrepancies with suppliers, grievances, claims, conflicts, product non-conformance or quality issues.
• Manage corporate initiatives with the supply chain.
• Ensure supplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained.

• Degree qualified in a business, procurement or related discipline
• CIPS Qualified
• Experience with in construction/engineering or similar background
• Strategically minded and creative, able to translate a vision into clear methodical plans.
• Experience of Managing a Procurement team within the Construction industry.
• Experience of running supply chain events
• Experience with tendering process (Compete For etc)
• Good IT and Communication skills at all levels.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness.
• Change management experience.