About this role
<p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/06fd4c88/752521bd-bf7c-4012-a4d2-8.png "></p> <p> </p> <div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Purpose</b></H2> </div><div><p>The Head of Procurement is responsible for leading and transforming the organisation’s procurement function into a strategic enterprise enabler that supports both internal operational excellence and external business growth and revenue generation.</p> <p>This role positions procurement as a dual-value driver by enhancing cost efficiency and service delivery across business units, while improving bid competitiveness and enabling successful execution of revenue-generating contracts.</p> <p>The incumbent will balance commercial agility, operational effectiveness, and robust governance, ensuring procurement delivers value across the full spectrum of business needs while upholding compliance, transparency, and audit integrity.</p> <p><br> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p><strong>1. Strategic Leadership & Governance</strong><br>• Develop and execute a group-wide procurement strategy aligned with both operational priorities and revenue growth objectives.<br>• Establish procurement policies and frameworks that support business agility while maintaining strong governance, control, and compliance standards.<br>• Provide strategic advisory to senior leadership on operational efficiency, cost optimisation, commercial risks, and supply market dynamics.<br>• Ensure procurement frameworks are fit-for-purpose to support internal service delivery and external commercial competitiveness.</p> <p><strong>2. Commercial & Business Partnership </strong><br>• Partner with business units to understand internal operational needs, demand drivers, and service requirements, as well as external customer and tender requirements.<br>• Translate both internal and external needs into effective sourcing, contracting, and supplier strategies.<br>• Support business units in achieving cost efficiency, service reliability, and operational continuity for internal operations.<br>• Support bid and proposal development by ensuring cost competitiveness, pricing certainty, and supply chain readiness for external opportunities.<br>• Drive early procurement involvement to shape both internal demand planning and external commercial outcomes.<br>• Balance speed, flexibility, and governance to meet operational timelines and competitive bid requirements.</p> <p><strong>3. Category & Strategic Procurement Management </strong><br>• Lead category management strategies across diverse procurement categories, addressing both internal spend optimisation and external project requirements.<br>• Drive strategic sourcing initiatives including aggregation, demand planning, and innovative sourcing approaches to enhance efficiency and competitiveness.<br>• Align category strategies to deliver cost savings, value creation, and support revenue-generating opportunities.<br>• Leverage enterprise-wide demand to optimise scale benefits while supporting business-specific needs.</p> <p><strong>4. Vendor & Partnership Management</strong><br>• Lead category management strategies across diverse procurement categories, addressing both internal spend optimisation and external project requirements.<br>• Drive strategic sourcing initiatives including aggregation, demand planning, and innovative sourcing approaches to enhance efficiency and competitiveness.<br>• Align category strategies to deliver cost savings, value creation, and support revenue-generating opportunities.<br>• Leverage enterprise-wide demand to optimise scale benefits while supporting business-specific needs.</p> <p><strong>5. Stakeholder Engagement</strong><br>• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across business units to ensure alignment between operational needs, procurement strategies, and external customer expectations. <br>• Influence decision-making on sourcing strategies, contract structures, and supplier selection to optimise outcomes across cost, performance, and risk.<br>• Act as a trusted advisor in initiatives involving operational improvements, business growth, and transformation.</p> <p><strong>6. Operational Excellence</strong> <br>• Oversee procurement operations to ensure efficiency, reliability, and responsiveness to internal business needs.<br>• Drive process improvements and digitalisation to enhance service delivery, turnaround time, and user experience.<br>• Implement data-driven procurement practices to support operational planning, spend visibility, and decision-making.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications & Work Experience</b></H2> </div><div><p>• Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, or related discipline (Master’s or professional certifications such as CIPS advantageous). <br>• Significant senior-level procurement experience, ideally across multiple industries. <br>• Proven track record managing procurement functions in both public sector and commercial environments. <br>• Experience in regulated industries and/or complex, multi-business organisations is highly desirable.<br>• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making.<br>• Experience in digital transformation, e-commerce, and customer experience strategies is a plus.<br>• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.<br>• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a strategic mindset.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Skills</b></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p>• Strong commercial acumen with ability to balance internal cost efficiency, external revenue growth, and governance requirements.<br>• Deep understanding of internal operational needs, service delivery models, and external customer/tender environments.<br>• Ability to operate effectively in both steady-state operations and fast-paced, bid-driven environments.<br>• Strong strategic thinking with ability to align procurement decisions to enterprise-wide objectives.<br>• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills across operations, corporate functions, and business development teams.<br>• High level of integrity, ensuring robust governance while enabling business outcomes.</p></div></div></div><p><b>We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.</b></p>