Head of Procurement in Edinburgh

Responsibilities Lead and drive Procurement Strategy across project and initiatives.Establish, build, and maintain collaborative relationships with all key suppliers.Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with suppliers to secure savings.Provide material and goods projections to key suppliers to ensure availability on a timely basis.To drive and support Category management ensuring utilisation and maximise ion of group frameworks.To promote and support the use of internal businesses and ensure that they are included in all tender opportunities.Ensure that Procurement are leading the sub-contract procurement across the business.To support the Work Winning teams and ensure that Procurement Strategies are in place.Manage the Procurement team group-wide, including recruitment, developing staff and managing agreed budgets.Ensure compliance with procedural, regulatory, quality, environmental and corporate social responsibility policies.Collaborate with operational management and the supply chain to identify innovation and source new and alternative materials and methods.Be an advocate for Procurement. Influence senior managers, and design and lead on direct benefits realisation.To lead and drive up-skilling and training within the Procurement team.Lead client facing activities across regional projects.Resolve any discrepancies with suppliers, grievances, claims, conflicts, product non-conformance or quality issues.Manage corporate initiatives with the supply chain.Ensure supplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained.Qualifications Degree qualified in a business, procurement or related disciplineCIPS QualifiedExperience within construction/engineering or similar backgroundStrategically minded and creative, able to translate a vision into clear methodical plans.Experience of Managing a Procurement team within the Construction industry.Experience of running supply chain eventsExperience with tendering process (CompeteFor etc)Good IT and Communication skills at all levels.Strong financial and commercial awareness.Change management experience.

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