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Head of Procurement

3 months ago

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Dobbies Garden Centres Full time

Livingston James is delighted to be retained by Dobbies Garden Centres to appoint their Head of Procurement.


For 150 years the Dobbies name has stood for quality horticulture. During this time, Dobbies have been proud to provide the very best products and expert advice to gardeners throughout the UK. Today, Dobbies is the UK’s largest Garden Centre retailer with over 70 stores across Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, with its largest store recently opening in Antrim, with one of the biggest and best ranges of quality plants and gardening equipment around.


The Head of Procurement will lead all procurement activities for Dobbies, developing and implementing commercial sourcing strategies, delivering value for money, applying excellent commercial acumen and ensuring cost reduction across multiple GNFR categories. Developing excellent internal and external stakeholder relationships will be key to success in this position.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Develop excellent and effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and external providers to ensure strategic and operational needs are fully understood and incorporated
  • Deliver and identify further opportunities for cost-saving and/or added value
  • Achieve agile and effective purchasing, ensuring value for money and best-in-class service
  • Collaborate with colleagues to support key supplier performance reviews and build business capability
  • Build strong relationships with suppliers, with the objective of reducing costs
  • Maintain governance and processes across all procurement and contract management, including a centralised GNFR contract database
  • Carry out periodic cost reviews across all GNFR/Restaurant spend
  • In conjunction with legal and finance, mitigate risks to the business and ensure regulatory compliance where required
  • Lead the development and implementation of procurement processes to support tendering, contracts management, spend analytics and supplier performance management
  • Constructively challenge costs, decisions and proposals to obtain the best outcome
  • Providing regular reports to SLT demonstrating the reduction of costs as well as future opportunities


This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established organisation in a pivotal role. For more information please contact leading Consultant Rachel Sim at Livingston James.