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.
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Develop and implement a rolling ten-year procurement strategy, ensuring market leadership in public sector construction procurement.
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Manage day-to-day delivery of procurement programmes, ensuring regulatory compliance and maintaining a clear audit trail.
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Coordinate procurement activities from development to tender evaluation, award, and mobilisation.
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Provide expert advice and support to regional business units (RBUs) and ensure procurement needs are fully understood and catered for.
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Develop and maintain relationships with key personnel in RBUs, appointed companies, and potential suppliers.
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Recruit, train, and performance manage procurement personnel.
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Represent the organisation at procurement workshops and network events.
Requirements
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Experience in preparing, publishing, and reviewing public documentation (e.g., OJEU).
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Proven experience as a Procurement Professional within the public sector
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Detailed knowledge of contractual frameworks, legislative and statutory requirements relating to property, construction, and procurement.
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Experience in developing multi-user, multi-supplier frameworks.
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Knowledge of implementing a dynamic purchasing system (desirable).
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Degree level education (desirable).
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Highly disciplined, process-driven, and able to work to tight deadlines.
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Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
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Numerate, IT literate, and commercially astute.
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