iO Associates have partnered with a Global Food Manufacturing company who are looking for a Head of Procurement Excellence to join their team in Chiswick Park.

This is a global company which has a longstanding history and have many well known brands, put people first and have a good track record of developing those that are ambitious and willing to get stuck in.

They work as a matrix organisation, with Global Categories demonstrating the global size and Regional Procurement ensuring a strong connection and proximity with our 6 regions.

You will be reporting directly to the UKI Procurement Lead, where you will drive (in alignment with Global Packaging Procurement team) the Packaging Category (£70 Million Spend).

Deliverables

Policy and Compliance: Ensure procurement activities align with organisational policies and regulatory requirements.
Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with internal partners to understand their procurement needs and expectations in the delivery of change projects
Performance Management: Monitors and reports on procurement performance and implement improvements as necessary.
Risk Management: Identify and manage procurement risks to protect the organisation's interests through supplier financial evaluation tools
Leads all aspects of the End-to-end Source to Pay (S2P) process. This includes defining the strategy, implementing the process, ensuring compliance, and continuously improving the process. The S2P process includes all activities from identifying a need for a product or service to the payment of the supplier.
Sourcing Guideline Ownership: The Procurement Head owns the sourcing guidelines of the organisation. This involves developing, implementing, and maintaining the guidelines, as well as ensuring that all procurement activities are in line with these guidelines. The sourcing guidelines provide a framework for how sourcing activities should be conducted to ensure fairness, transparency, and value for money.
Operational Procurement: This role is responsible for all operational procurement process. This includes managing purchase, supplier relationships, contract management, and invoice processing. The Procurement Head ensures that the operational procurement activities are efficient, effective, and aligned with organisational policies and procedures.
Leads Productivity Governance: You will be responsible for managing the productivity governance. This involves setting efficiency goals, supervising performance against these goals, and implementing strategies to improve efficiency working along side the Global Head of Productivity Acceleration.
Custodian of Procurement Tools and Systems: All regional procurement-related tools and systems will come under the leadership of this role. This includes responsibility for the selection, in collaboration with Global Procurement implementation, maintenance, and upgrade of these tools and systems. The Procurement Head ensures that these tools and systems are used effectively to support procurement activities, and that users are trained and proficient in their use. This role also involves ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance with data protection regulations
Sustainability: Act as a single point of contact for information regarding sustainable procurement and provide advice and guidance on sustainable procurement processes
Transformation- lead Regional procurement transformation projects

Key Skills

Experience in Procurement (with shown success in running a Category at regional or global level, in a worldwide organisation)
Ability to deal with ambiguity within a complex and multicultural environment
Shown ability to work with cross-functional team, with a collaborative mindset.
Natural leadership & influence skills
Strong analytical skills
Ability to be hands on operationally as well as building a long-term strategic vision
Advanced Excel & Power Point skills
Available to work in Chiswick 3 days a week (Preferable) travel on request to factories & suppliers.

Salary: £90,000pa + Bonus (up to 15%) + Car Allowance (£7,000).

On top of the salary & allowances, you'll also get;

Private medical Insurance
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
Life Assurance Cover ~ upon enrolment to Stakeholder Pension Scheme
25 days + bank holidays
Holiday Enhancement Scheme
1 Volunteering Day per year
Cycle to work scheme.
Discounted gym membership
Discount and Cashback Scheme
Access to great training and development opportunities