Head of Procurement Excellence

4 weeks ago


Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom newscientist - Jobboard Full time
About the Role

The Head of Procurement Excellence & Sustainability is a new role designed to provide strategic procurement leadership to the Procurement function and wider business, with the individual acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in category management, sourcing, purchasing, supplier and contract management, and sustainability activities.

As part of the Procurement Leadership team, this role will provide strategic direction and leadership to ensure procurement has a clearly defined Procurement Strategy as well as a robust and suitable Procurement Policy. The role will work closely with other Procurement Heads to ensure the directional outcomes (Strategy, Policy, Governance and Legislation) and enabling capabilities (Process and Systems) are rolled out and enable colleagues to deliver effectively.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering procurement excellence and sustainability initiatives, with a strong understanding of the technology market and leading-procurement tools, techniques and processes. They will be able to work with others to achieve common goals, with excellent communication skills and a deep knowledge of regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement Leadership Team activities including objective setting, investment planning, transformation programmes and capability development.
Network across Southern Water to enhance the reputation of the function and build value-adding relationships that ultimately benefit Southern Water, the environment, and our customers.
Provide strategic direction and material insight into all functional areas by being across external best practices, innovation, and ideas, translating these into actionable proposals for the business.
With the rest of the leadership team, have oversight & coordination of the Supply Chain's activities to ensure they align with our strategic themes and corporate priorities, including driving health, safety & wellbeing, long-term social value commitments, sustaining the local economy and community, customer centricity, protecting & improving the environment, water quality matters, and enabling Southern Water to achieve our Sustainability goals and wider business performance ambitions.
Improve supply chain resilience, secure efficiency and value add, and help enable the business to achieve the full benefits available from the wider supply chain.
Ensure capable talent, effective processes, and intuitive systems that ensure successful delivery of the Company's procurement requirements.

About You

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in procurement, with a proven track record of delivering procurement excellence and sustainability initiatives. They will have a deep knowledge of the technology market and leading-procurement tools, techniques and processes, as well as excellent communication skills and a deep knowledge of regulatory requirements.

What We Offer

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington or Falmer office and home. We are offering a salary of circa £95,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:
  • Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Life assurance equal to 4x salary
  • Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Full funded eye tests
  • Two paid volunteering days a year
  • Occupational health service
  • Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
  • Digital GP service
  • Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
  • Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Private Medical Insurance (Senior Levels Only)


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