Head of Transactional Procurement at Crown Agents Ltd

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF JOB

• To ensure the profitable and efficient delivery of procurement services in order to meet the annual gross margin target.
• As part of the Procurement Leadership structure, contribute to the overall strategy and direction of the Global Procurement Business.

 Strategic Direction

• Provide transformational leadership to the global procurement team, including a review of process and procedures.
• Design and implement a strategy for transactional procurement that ensures that our processes provide efficiency, quality and are reflective of modern procurement practices.

 Management and Leadership

• Manage the global transactional procurement team ensuring most effective time/cost utilisation.
• Demonstrate leadership skills and strong technical expertise to ensure development of all team members under your management.
• Ensure that our transactional work across the entire global delivery platform, conforms to corporate systems and policy, client regulations and applicable standards.
• Where necessary, deputise for the Procurement Director or Deputy Director in meetings related to governance of the Global Procurement Team.
• Assist the Director of Procurement in development of annual operating plans.
• Assist the Director of Procurement in producing regular updates on progress against the Department’s AOP as requested.
• Build compelling and consistent thought leadership in subject area.
• Provide mentoring and support to members of the team, as appropriate.

 Technical Delivery

• Be a ‘go to’ point of expertise for quality advice on transactional procurement and procurement related issues across the organisation.
• Deliver technical procurement inputs on specified procurement assignments.
• Provide Quality Assurance/Peer Review support to team members on their technical outputs.
• Prepare and deliver procurement training.
• Ensure that all contracts managed by your team meet the agreed delivery and financial targets.
• Provide oversight on projects, as Project Director or Project Manager, as required. When acting as Project Manager or Director, ensure:
  • Contracted annual financial target is met or exceeded;
  • Deliverables are produced on time and to the highest quality;
  • Risks are mitigated and managed;
  • Client and partner relationships are managed.

Business development

• Engage with the Procurement Growth Team and share the latest technical knowledge in order to win new projects and grow a profitable and sustainable transactional procurement pipeline.
• Promote our procurement offering to clients and external parties, via client visits, participation in relevant conferences, etc.
• Provide inputs into marketing and promotion materials.

Requirement

Qualification

• An internationally recognized professional procurement qualification.

Experience

• Relevant government or private sector experience in procurement leadership (minimum of 8 years);
• Demonstrable experience in delivering technical procurement solutions;
• Experience of working in a developing country (desirable);
• Demonstrable experience of working in complex and time-pressured contexts;
• Experience of driving process improvement within a procurement services team;

Closing: 16, April 2023