Head of Procurement

7 months ago

London, United Kingdom The Natural History Museum Full time

**About Us**

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.

We employ 900 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.

**Diversity and inclusion matter to us.**

Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.

We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Head of Procurement is responsible for delivering a professional service for the acquisition of a wide range of goods, services, works and equipment across the full range of the Museum’s activities.

You’ll act as head of profession and lead the development and implementation of the Museum’s procurement strategy and good procurement practice in support of the Museum’s strategic objectives, ensuring that value for money is achieved through robust, efficient, effective, compliant and responsible procurement practice.

You’ll lead large and complex procurements, managing several projects simultaneously.

You’ll be responsible for developing, overseeing and driving compliance with the Museum’s procurement policy and procedures and you’ll champion the Museum’s commitment to responsible procurement. You’ll have experience of e-sourcing, marketplace systems and public sector framework agreements, and will possess excellent, practical knowledge and experience of government procurement policy, public procurement legislation and contract law.

**About you**

You will have:

- Experience of managing procurement in an organisation of similar size and complexity.
- A demonstrable commitment and track record of achievement in responsible procurement, including both environmental sustainability and tackling modern slavery.
- A proactive approach to developing, managing and providing practical and cost-effective solutions for delivering demonstrably advantageous procurement outcomes.
- Significant professional experience of working with senior-level personnel.
- A demonstrable commercial acumen with a working understanding of commercial risk management and an eye for detail.
- Excellent, practical knowledge and experience of government procurement policy, public procurement legislation and contract law.
- Proven ability to develop and deliver an organisation-wide procurement strategy, responsible procurement policy and leading-edge public procurement processes.
- A sound working knowledge of contract and supplier relationship management techniques.
- Experience of drafting specifications for goods and services to achieve required performance outcomes.
- A seasoned, skilled negotiator with the ability to lead large and complex procurements and detailed contract negotiations.
- A collaborative leader able to support, challenge, influence, consult with, gain the confidence of and manage multiple internal stakeholders.
- A strong commercial acumen, with an ability to develop strategy, implement strategic initiatives and oversee the development of long-term plans to support business objectives.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience in building relationships with budget managers, internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Hands-on experience of e-sourcing, spend analysis and database systems.

**Thriving at the Museum: the way we work**
We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.

Find out more here

**What we offer**
- 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
- Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
- Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
- Life insurance
- Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
- Staff discount

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