Your new company

An Educational Institute seeks to appoint a Head of Procurement

Your new role

– To be accountable for ensuring all procurement action carried out by the organisation conforms to the organisation’s financial regulations and public procurement regulations
– To assist in the development and implementation of procurement policies and systems to support tendering, contracts management, spend analytics and supplier performance management
– To report to the Group Director of Finance and respective stakeholders as may be required from time to time to provide up to date status reports on procurement to include development, demonstrate value for money and compliance to regulatory procurement requirements
– Working with the Estates, IT and capital projects to ensure that the organisation complies with the requirements of the Construction Industry Scheme for the payment of sub-contractors as defined

What you’ll need to succeed

– Hold or be working towards Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply qualification
– The ability to work to timetables, prioritise key deliverables and ensure deliver to set deadlines.
– Have good Excel and Word IT skills
– Have experience of working as a member of a team and evidence of the ability to work effectively with colleagues
– Have an understanding of and commitment to Equality and Diversity and safeguarding and practical ideas for their implementation in this post

What you’ll get in return
– 7% employer pension contribution
– 5 days onsite with flexibility to work from any sites
– Eyecare vouchers
– Dental care vouchers