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Join us as a Procurement Policy and Planning Lead and have the opportunity to influence and support our Commercial and Procurement teams as they go into the next exciting phase of investment for our roads. This role will allow you to provide day to day leadership on Procurement policies and procedures, and raise and develop the capability of fellow Highways England colleagues. This role also offers the unique opportunity to help configure and implement the next generation of Procurement systems across the organisation.


With our capital spend due to rise over the next Roads Investment period it is imperative our strategies, working practises and procedures enable us to deliver effective spending of tax payers money.


We offer this role as a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity for 18 months, based from either our Leeds or Birmingham office. If you are passionate about sharing procurement best practice and driving process improvement this is a great opportunity to advance your skills in the procurement arena.


What you'll be leading on


* Leading and developing workstreams to establish consistent working practices and procedures across procurement to ensure teams deliver effective and efficient contracts
* Coordinating and leading internal and external stakeholders in delivering procurement policy initiatives as required by changes to UK Legislation, Public Contract Regulations and other policy requirements
* Developing and delivering procurement planning initiatives, supporting and building the Procurement Plan, Procurement Pipeline and contributing to the effective implementation of procurement elements of corporate plans
* Managing several projects to develop training and support offered to operational procurement teams. You will drive the development and delivery of a programme of formal and informal training and support to ensure that staff have the required skills and competencies
* Support the Replacement Procurement Systems workstream leader in building, testing and implementing the new suite of Procurement systems and software to help enable more effective and efficient Procurement support for Roads Investment Strategy 2.


To be successful


* You will have experience in leading and delivering varying aspects of the procurement cycle, including procurement delivery of strategic contracts or frameworks
* You will have experience of working in a multiple stakeholder environment, developing partnership working and driving continuous improvement. You will have evidence of effective partnership working and collaboration with internal customers and the supply chain
* You will have demonstrable experience of planning of the end-to-end procurement cycle and be able to demonstrate good knowledge of procurement systems
* You will have detailed knowledge of Government Procurement Policy and Public Contract Regulations 2015
* You will hold or be working towards the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Diploma qualification (or equivalent)


A bit about us


There's never been a better time to join our Commercial and Procurement team.


We're a growing, vibrant team helping to drive the most ambitious roads investment programme our country has ever seen. You'll be involved in ensuring that our customers and road workers get home safe and well every day while travelling or working on our road network.


Want to know more?


Please review the role profile to find out more.


Why you should join us


At Highways England we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.


So if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.


And finally


And finally we reserve the right to close before the advertised closing date, so we recommend completing your application as soon as possible.

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