Job Description
About the Organisation
This Strategic Sourcing Lead job in Edinburgh with the National Trust for Scotland offers an outstanding opportunity for a skilled procurement professional to play a key and active part in the development of the procurement function for Scotland's largest charity. Since 1931, the Trust has pioneered public access to some of the most magnificent buildings, collections and landscapes in Scotland. Last year, a record 5.6m people visited our properties, meaning our work is more important than ever to ensure Scotland’s heritage is preserved for future generations.
About the Role
It’s an exciting time to be joining the Trust’s Procurement team in this newly created role. We are modernising Procurement with the aim of providing a “best in class” function to act as an essential partner to our charity’s regional property-based teams and central departments in the run up to our Centenary. Procurement currently supports over £40m of annual spend and is involved in a huge variety of contracts for the Trust.
Responsibilities
1. Implement strategic procurement across the Trust including developing category management plans, undertaking strategic sourcing, work...