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Head of Supply Chain

Employer
Procurement Heads
Location
London
Salary
£75-80,000 + 10% bonus + 12% pension (total contribution) + 27 days holiday
Closing date
2 Nov 2020

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Specialist Area
Supply Chain
Sector
Healthcare
Function
Director
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

A cutting-edge and ambitious healthcare provider in London is recruiting for a Head of Supply Chain to play a pivotal and essential role across the whole enterprise.

A high-profile role within a growing and dynamic organisation, the Head of Supply Chain will be responsible for the effective ordering, delivery and management of £100m+ value of products per year across its multiple sites. 

Reporting to the Director of Procurement & Supply Chain, you’ll provide leadership, direction and strategy to the Supply Chain team through BAU service development and enhancement projects to deliver a ‘best in class’ end-to-end service to clinical areas and stakeholders.

As Head of Supply Chain your key responsibilities will be:

  • Working with the Supply Chain team to deliver across operational purchasing, inventory and storage management
  • Supporting the development of Supply Chain policy for short, medium- and long-term success across the function
  • Ensuring multi-disciplinary Supply Chain projects are led effectively by a team member who can agree where improved service will be achieved through changes in the current service provision
  • Supporting the management of the Supply Chain function through the definition of appropriate internal and external SLA agreements and KPIs
  • Helping to develop and project a common Supply Chain identity and a set of shared objectives
  • Analysing data to substantiate proposed operational approaches, demonstrate how changes to operational processes/products can proactively impact on patient pathways
  • Advising others on specialist techniques and technologies available to improve the service
  • Creating a service of Supply Chain excellence
  • Exploring and exploiting opportunities for collaborative working internally and externally
  • At an operational level, proactively leading and managing multiple programmes and projects to maximise efficiencies of the supply chain
  • Supporting the Director of Procurement & Supply Chain in networking with key current and future clients, suppliers, clinical and professional bodies
  • Supporting the vision, goals and work plans and prioritising activity to achieve change objectives
  • Recognising the need to engage staff and stakeholders in discussions about proposed changes and explain the reasons and benefits
  • Encouraging ideas and suggestions from others
  • Working with the Director of Procurement & Supply Chain to proactively organise meetings and workshops to facilitate discussion, field questions and listen to enhancement ideas and or objections from staff and clients
  • Leading value engineering initiatives, including value stream mapping and other techniques to eliminate waste and inefficiency and improving productivity through the use of technology
  • Developing policies to increase efficiency throughout the supply chain while ensuring quality and safety; implementing subsequent changes to processes.


Skills and experience:

Essential:

  • Degree educated or equivalent
  • Project management qualification 
  • Substantial experience managing supply chain functions where the supply chain is considered a strategic core competence in the success of the organisation
  • Experience as a manager with a proven ability to build and manage successful teams
  • Expert knowledge of best-in-class supply chain management practices
  • An understanding of strategic supply chain relationships and inter-dependencies

Desirable:

  • Member of the Institute of Supply Chain
  • CIPS Membership

Benefits of the Head of Supply Chain role include:

  • £75-80,000
  • 10% bonus
  • 12% pension (total contribution)
  • 27 days holiday

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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