Head Of Indirect Procurement in Ipswich

Job Title: Head Of Indirect Procurement

Location: Ipswich

Salary: Competitive

Business Overview

OCS UK & Ireland, part of the OCS Group, is a leading facilities management company providing a range of both standalone and integrated services including cleaning, catering, security, technical services, energy management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services.

The company has a turnover of £1.7bn and operates across the UK and Ireland with 50,000 colleagues delivering innovative award-winning services to the private and public sectors and supporting the local communities in which it operates.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Reporting to the Procurement & Fleet Director UK & Ireland, the Head Of Indirect Procurement is a strategic role with primary responsibility for managing the UK & Ireland’s Indirect procurement functions and aligning with the procurement strategy.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Functional

• Responsible for providing strong functional leadership to the indirect area of the Procurement department reporting into this role, communicating to those departments the expectations of the business in relation to the business objectives, culture, values, attitudes and behaviours and ensuring that operational policies and practices help drive those appropriately.
• Support the Procurement Director on creation and implementation of the Procurement strategy and vision which focuses on the reduction of risk and cost whilst providing excellent levels of service to stakeholders.
• Drive systems and process to provide qualitative data is used to drive business decisions ensuring its accuracy, ease of access and reliability.
• Manage and review budgets including cost-saving initiatives and rebate performance.
• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure that quality, service and client requirements are considered and applied when negotiating commercial value.
• Form strong, productive relationships with both the business and the supply base ensuring the UK and Ireland business is the customer of choice leading to business growth and profitability
• Responsible for delivering and reporting on procurement synergy targets on M&A activity.
• Responsibility for all Indirect spend.
• Growing spend under management within all Indirect spend.
• Supporting transformation within the Procurement team and implementing change management throughout the organisation
• Lead and manage a team to create and execute a category management plan to reduce total cost, improve quality of supply and mitigate risk within the supply chain
• Being a business partner to key OCS sectors and supporting the sectors and divisions strategies on Indirect spend

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Necessary

• Experience managing a high performing team in Indirect procurement.
• Results driven with exceptional negotiation skills.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate appropriately.
• Excellent strategic planning skills.
• High level of integrity and dependability.
• Ability to present to and negotiate/influence executive level stakeholders.
• Commercially focused.
• Proven track record of delivery cost reduction through synergy
• Experience working in M&A Procurement

Desirable

• CIPS qualification