Head of Procurement Full Time Temporary

Head of Procurement needed in Cambridge City paying £380 per day PAYE Ref: 20589

This is working full time hours on a temporary basis

Responsibilities:
– Champion greater harmonisation with and lead on implementing joint processes and procedures (this is a significant piece of work)
– Review organisation needs from procurement and present proposal for future working arrangements that will drive better procurement outcomes.
– Embed any post Brexit procurement regulation changes.
– Lead implementing other policy and regulatory changes and taking the opportunity to explore further alignment of policy 
– Imbed priorities relating to procurement such as opportunities for carbon reduction measures and social value outcomes within our procurement protocols.
– Support an innovative procurement hub that brings together intelligence of procurement techniques and best practices across the UK and beyond
– Implement processes to assess spend (aligning to contract register) to assess success of performance against actual spend.
– Ensure that our procurement team have the latest information about how it needs to comply and some of the pioneering practices they are adopting.
– Drive the CCC Procurement Team to be more proactive in its approach to procurement and help the organisation how and when services should access procurement support.

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The successful candidate will be CIPS qualified, have worked at a similar level previously and have a vast knowledge/expertise in procurement

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number 

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