Head of Procurement Operations & Enablement

Cedar are supporting a Public Sector client who are looking to hire a permanent Head of Procurement Operations & Enablement. This is a permanent job opportunity offering a salary ranged between £70,000 up to £86,000 per annum plus a range of benefits. The role will operate on a hybrid working basis with the expectation to be on-site, in Central London, 2 days per week.

Reporting into the Assistant Procurement Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for:

• transforming purchasing operations, data and systems controls, management, operational and compliance reporting and the recruitment, resourcing and continuous people development of the team to deliver a high standard of end user support;
• developing and delivering an agile self-serve, enablement strategy for end users, driven by data and facilitated by purpose-built service management and financial tools (ERP and otherwise), and being the ultimate process owner for P2P systems and the ongoing architecture therein;
• oversight and delivery of the annual people strategy and enablement channels;
• improving access and availability to meaningful compliance, operational and management reports to facilitate fast and informed decision making across all levels of Stakeholders;
• partnering with leaders from across the organisation to better anticipate change through a procurement-managed project pipeline to aid the building of resilient sourcing plans in each Category area;
• reducing complexity, delay, and unnecessary touchpoints in the sourcing lifecycle to improve the public tendering function thus enabling a swift, secure, and compliant end-to-end tender process for the category teams and stakeholders.
• leading a dynamic and ambitious team of procurement professionals in the day-to-day delivery and continuous improvement of the enablement service;
• the provision of expert advice to stakeholders on Procurement Operations metrics, warnings, and trends for areas of continuous improvement.

Candidate applying MUST HAVE:

• c10 years experience working in Procurement along with c5 years experience managing a high-performing procurement operations team
• hands on knowledge and experience building and running a procurement service desk, with measurable service levels, using i.e. ServiceNow, Marval or equivalent platforms
• hands on knowledge and experience running a P2P function in the Public Sector or a matrixed enterprise using a leading ERP system i.e. SAP, Oracle, Coupa etc.
• experience developing and leading ERP platform changes
• strong knowledge of Public Sector procurement procedures and regulations
• CIPS certification or membership is preferred, MCIPS qualification would be desirable