Head of Procurement

SF Recruitment have partnered with one of our clients who are within the education sector, that are looking to recruit a Head of Procurement.

Hours: full time Monday - Friday - 3 days on site per week
Salary: £55k

This role sits in an established, supportive team reporting in to a brilliant Commercial Director. It is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to step into their first 'Head of' role.

Job Purpose:

Develop and implement procurement strategies.

Lead the sourcing, procurement, and supply chain management with a focus on efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing service delivery across the business.

Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.

Analyse market trends and supplier performance to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.

Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures.


Main Duties/Responsibilities


Review, shape and implement Procurement strategy and contribute to wider business strategy, whilst focusing on value for money.

Create and implement fit-for-purpose commercial policies, systems, processes and controls, aligned to strategy, financial regulations, commercial risk management and service delivery.

Develop and agree a long-term sustainable benefits plan, with a Programme complete with commercial and operational targets for Procurement and Value Services activities.

Develop and agree mechanism for collecting, retaining, measuring and reporting procurement benefits.

Develop wider commercial capability across commercial activities through e.g. creation of stakeholder forums, user induction and training.

Effectively align resources, engage and collaborate with all appropriate stakeholders to determine business requirements and then drive and deliver the agreed long-term Programme of activities and benefits.

Create and implement supplier / commercial management strategy, including:

- Developing sourcing and supplier assessment strategies.
- Ensuring value on new and re-tendered processes and agreements.
- Developing and agreeing template contractual requirements.
- Deployment of SLA templates, action plans and robust meetings protocol.
- Implementing a contracts management system to enable timely procurement interventions.
- Leveraging and managing major supplier relationships improving commercial and service delivery.
- Addressing immediate major supplier issues.


Improving total costs of ownership through decreasing transactional costs e.g. driving efficiency in the P2P system.

Creating and delivering with appropriate stakeholders a system for effective whole-life management of assets from asset register to asset disposal.

Act as a role model, motivate, lead, mentor, manage and develop the capability of the Procurement and Value Services team.

Provide a strategic Procurement approach to decision making forums and major projects.

Provide, and ensure that the Procurement and Value Services team members have the capabilities required to provide, a professional source of Procurement knowledge and expertise.

Champion the role as the Procurement ambassador and representative.