Responsibilities
* Devise and deliver Procurement Strategy across the UK business.
* Lead and drive Procurement Strategy; 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.
* 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.
* Work alongside the Senior Management Team and Directors in contributing to the achievement of overall business objectives.
* 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.
* To work with the Legal team to establish standard T&C and best practice.
* 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.
* To lead Sustainability for Procurement both internally and externally; ensure supplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained.
Qualifications
* Degree qualified in a business, procurement or related discipline
* MCIPS qualified
* Strategically minded and creative, able to translate a vision into clear methodical plans
* Significant experience of running substantive end to end commercial Procurement within a similar organisation
* Previous successful procurement transformation experience in a similar industry with proven outcomes
* Strong financial and commercial awareness
* Change management experience
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