Head of Procurement

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Cedar Recruitment Limited Full time

**Sector**: Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics UK & EU
- **Contact**: Vicky Power
- **Start Date**: 14/08/2023
- **Expiry Date**: 13 September 2023
- **Job Ref**: JO0000013231_1692006656

Role: Head of Procurement

Role Type: Permanent

Location: London/Hybrid

**Salary**: £63, 634 per annum + good benefits

Overview:

- Natural History Museum is a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. and they care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to their website.

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.

Job Summary

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Procurement to take responsibility 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.

Reporting to the COO, 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.

Main Responsibilities
- Developing and delivering a professional service for the acquisition of goods, services and works across the full range of the Museum's activities on advantageous terms.
- Leading the development and implementation of the Museum's procurement strategy and good, responsible procurement and contract management practice in support of the Museum's strategic objectives, ensuring that value for money is achieved through robust, efficient, effective, sustainable and compliant procurement processes.
- Drive the Museum's commitment to mitigating the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in its supply chains.
- Leading large and complex procurements, including supplier relationship management, contract negotiation and contract management, managing several projects simultaneously.
- Provide pragmatic procurement and contract management advice, procedures and solutions across the full range of the Museum's activities and in support of the Museum's business needs and objectives, while championing the Museum's commitment to responsible procurement.
- Developing, overseeing and driving compliance with the Museum's procurement policy and procedures.
- Line managing the Senior Procurement Officer, with whom you will provide procurement advice to internal stakeholders across the Museum.
- Acting as head of profession, proactively championing the role and value of good procurement practice, particularly for a community of managers across a devolved regime for whom procurement and contract management forms a significant part of their remit.

Person Specification
- Experience of managing procurement in an organisation of similar size and complexity.
- 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.
- 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 a

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