Deputy Head of Procurement

7 months ago


Croydon, United Kingdom HR Heads Full time

Procurement Heads are representing a leading facilities services provider, who keep the national healthcare service at the forefront of their corporate values.

With offices based in South London, the procurement team have an opportunity for a Deputy Head of Procurement to join them on a permanent basis, responsible for overseeing the Clinical category.

The role will require you to line manage a medium sized team of Category Managers, working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to successfully deliver high value, complex procurements spanning across orthopedic, neurological and surgical spend.

**As the Deputy Head of Procurement, you'll**
- Provide strategic procurement leadership, advice and expertise
- Manage internal operations and resources to enable the delivery of the vision, business plans, saving targets, day to day operations and financial and quality targets
- Build professional relationships, initiate and lead change to enable all team to deliver savings and quality improvements
- Retain existing clients by delivery on target and ensuring frameworks are in place to facilitate and monitor client contracts
- Work to improve the service, enhance expertise and build procurement capability and capacity

**Experience required**
- The ability to evidence strategic procurement practices, (multi-disciplinary projects, driving cost savings, delivery of complex procurements)
- Previous experience of managing small to medium sized teams including 1-2-1 support, embedding Procurement and HR policies and procedures across the department
- Contract management including leading processes in line with SLA's, leading tender and negotiation exercises
- MCIPS/CIPS (nice to have)
- Resource and finance management
- Previous experience of working within the NHS/Healthcare sector would be desired, but is not essential.

**Benefits include**
- Salary of up to £76,750
- Welcome bonus of up to £500 (post probation)
- Annual bonus of 12% of salary
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to Buy & Sell annual leave
- Salary sacrifice arrangements for cycle to work, leasing, tech schemes
- Aviva Pension Scheme (3% employer, 6% employee)
- Training and Development

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £67,000.00-£76,750.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme
- Signing bonus

**Experience**:

- Procurement: 6 years (required)
- category manahement: 5 years (required)
- people management: 2 years (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Croydon

Reference ID: 617351



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