Head of Procurement

2 weeks ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Nominet Full time

**Date**:27-Jan-2023
**Location**: Oxford/ Hybrid, GB
**Company**:Nominet
We’re Nominet - a world-leading domain name registry. For over 25 years, we’ve been operating at the heart of internet infrastructure. While we're best known for running.UK domains, we also help protect public services from cyber threat.

Our aim is to create a world which is more connected, inclusive and secure. We know that technology has the power to transform lives by creating opportunities and providing support where it’s needed most.

As a public benefit company, our work funds the ability to make a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve peoples’ lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

We understand the impact the Internet has on the environment and are committed to helping the UK reach Net Zero by 2050. We’re already a Carbon Neutral company through offsetting our emissions and will continue to work on reducing our footprint.

**About the role**
A key role wihtin our Finance Leadership Team (FLT) to develop and implement the overall Procurement strategy with a team of 2 to support you. As the business evolves, our external cost management becomes ever more important. You will be expected to drive improved governance and controls whilst at the same time proposing and delivering initiatives to enhance commercial terms and minimise risk.

Our focus is to fulfil the core aim of our Public Benefit purpose whilst protecting our income and expenditure across the organisation by ensuring best value for money.

**The essential bits**

You will be CIPS qualified with demonstrable experience of working in a leadership position within a procurement, commercial or contract management function. You will have previous experience working within partnering capacity working alongside commercial functions of a business, preferably within IT software, services, infrastructure or networking.

You will have experience of strategic supplier management in a complex and/or geographically dispersed organisation and a strong coaching style to people management.

**About you and your experience**

One of our values is ownership and this role is all about that You will be able to demonstrate previous responsibility for the development and maintenance of purchasing strategy to ensure best-practice procurement embedded in the organisation.

You will be comfortable in proactively challenging stakeholders whilst providing a prompt, efficient and personalised service to internal customers at all levels. It is key that you are a self-starter with a ‘can do/will do’ attitude who has the energy, drive and commitment to make things happen and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.

**What’s in it for you?**

This is a brand-new role where we need someone who can embed the right frameworks and governance, working with the Exec team to maximise our buying power and create a robust and resilient procurement practices.
The Nominet way of working empowers our people to be flexible between home and the office, operating on a Hybrid basis. This empowers everyone to take ownership day to day, balancing the needs of our people and business. You will be required to come into the Oxford office for key activities to ensure we have a collaborative and connected working environment.

**Data protection**
**Equal opportunities**
Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone - unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course.
We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background.
We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
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