Head of Procurement

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Phoenix Group Full time

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Location**:This role could be based in either our London, Edinburgh or Wythall offices with time spent working in the office and at home.

**Flexible working**:All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

**Closing Date**:24/11/23

**Salary and benefits**:Competitive Salary plus excellent bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

**Recruiter**:Tracy Thomson

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as Head of Procurement within our Commercial Partnerships team.

**Who are we?**

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,800 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer our 12 million customers products across our market-leading brands, including Standard Life, SunLife and ReAssure, with c.£259 billion of assets under administration. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

**The role**
- To direct and manage the effective provision of a range of commercial services provided through Procurement which contribute to the Group’s overall ability to achieve its business objectives. _

**What are we looking for?**

**Essential criteria**

Develop and establish the strategic direction of Group Procurement ensuring that all plans are aligned to the wider group and individual business unit strategies.

Lead the Procurement function to establish and deliver sourcing strategies which make best use of third party suppliers and in-house and contractor resource to deliver maximum benefit and cost savings to the group.

Drive the establishment and embedding of appropriate policies and business processes to ensure Procurement achieves its operational, financial, regulatory, legal and sustainability objectives.

Provide highly effective leadership and direction of staff to achieve the business objectives and create a culture, in keeping with the group’s ethical and brand values, to ensure appropriate behaviours are fostered within the function.

**We want to hire the whole version of you.**

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

**Find out more about #LifeAtPhoenix**

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