Role: Head of Procurement
Salary: Starting £70,000
Sector: Public
Location: Uxbridge (3 days office, 2 days home)
Job Type: Full-time
Qualification: MCIPS or FCIPS
The role involves streamlining procurement processes, coordinating with technical, marketing, finance, and IT teams, and managing a team to achieve strategic procurement goals.
* Develop and implement a rolling ten-year procurement strategy, ensuring market leadership in public sector construction procurement.
* Manage day-to-day delivery of procurement programmes, ensuring regulatory compliance and maintaining a clear audit trail.
* Coordinate procurement activities from development to tender evaluation, award, and mobilisation.
* Provide expert advice and support to regional business units (RBUs) and ensure procurement needs are fully understood and catered for.
* Develop and maintain relationships with key personnel in RBUs, appointed companies, and potential suppliers.
* Recruit, train, and performance manage procurement personnel.
* Represent the organisation at procurement workshops and network events.
Requirements
1. Experience in preparing, publishing, and reviewing public documentation (e.g., OJEU).
2. Proven experience as a Procurement Professiona...