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Head of Sourcing - Services | FTSE 100 | Surrey

Employer
Procurement Heads
Location
Surrey
Salary
£65-75,000 + up to 30% Bonus + Car allowance + Medical + 25 days
Closing date
11 Aug 2019

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Specialist Area
Procurement
Sector
Professional Services
Function
Director
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Are you passionate about sourcing within procurement? This highly professional and ambitious sourcing team is leading the way in world class sourcing strategy and is now looking for a Head of Strategic Sourcing for Services.

Your role as Head of Sourcing will be to maximise the effectiveness of the procurement teams and support them in separating Category Development from Strategic Sourcing. Your role will involve building strong supplier relationships and optimising contracts, whilst the Strategic Sourcing team manage all market exercises and tenders, from researching the market, building and executing sourcing strategies through to contracting and implementation planning. As project-based sourcing consultants your influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills will be used on a day to day basis.

The purpose of the Head of Sourcing is to be at the forefront of all sourcing strategies and sourcing related decision making. You will manage a first-class team of 3 to optimise a wide range of strategic sourcing projects using a procurement framework to support you.

You will be operating in a fast-paced environment, across a multitude of indirect categories. The insight you bring will be integral and paramount to ensure effective management of the team to ensure projects aims and objectives are exceeded. These include both financial targets, service excellence and softer sourcing scorecard metrics.

Your main responsibilities will include:

  • Working with the Category Development team to identify new project opportunities, update on key projects, build ongoing activity calendar and ensure effective day to day relationship.
  • Mentor team to ensure strategic direction of sourcing projects geared towards maximising opportunities and leveraging volume. 
  • Running sourcing projects from handover of data and business needs, through to strategy and execution before transitioning project back to Category after contracting and agreeing implementation plan
  • Presenting Projects to internal and external teams, selling the opportunity of involvement in projects and ensuring effective engagement plans
  • Day to day project management

If you’re an ambitious, successful and targeted individual, wanting to take your first step into leadership, then this could be the role for you.

Company

PROCUREMENT HEADS ICON [square]

Procurement Heads is all about getting to know great Procurement Professionals and bringing them together to make outstanding Procurement teams.

With a proven track record of delivery, we support people through the life-cycle of their careers, providing an end-to-end consultative service. We partner with many prominent brands and organisations, sourcing Procurement talent using industry-leading tools and techniques. Focussed and proactive, our methodology provides a comprehensive assessment of your needs and tailors solutions to meet them. The ability to identify and attract the best people across all sectors, often involves us designing and managing bespoke campaigns.

Our purpose...

To deliver recruitment as a professional service.

We engage with leaders across procurement, HR and executive functions to make their organisations successful. More than just a recruitment company, we provide a suite of talent solutions tailored to your business needs.

Our values

Rewarding relationships

For us, it’s personal. Relationships are pivotal to our existence and we place great value on their development. We encourage collaboration through our unique referral scheme ‘The Heads Up’ and are driven by a desire to build deep long-standing partnerships. Our goal is to act as an ambassador for the teams and individuals we support.

Exceeding expectations

More than just a recruitment company, we engage with leaders to deliver the unexpected when it comes to sourcing talent. Going beyond ‘filling the role’, we advise, challenge, champion and are innovative in the value-add solutions we provide.

Doing the right thing

Doing the right thing is not difficult. Knowing what the right thing is, that’s where we come in. Everyone has a responsibility for the choices they make. We pledge to lead the way by championing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Sustainability.

Our team of experienced Procurement consultants are on hand to support you with your Procurement career.

Address: The Corner, Gordon Rd, Winchester SO23 7DD

Tel: 01962 869 838

Website: https://www.procurementheads.com/

Company info
Website
Telephone
01962 869 838
Location
Heads Resourcing Group,
West Wing, Ground Floor,
Burlington House, Hedge End
Southampton
Hampshire
SO30 2AF
United Kingdom

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