Head of procurement - united kingdom, central london, london

cedar is delighted to confirm we are exclusively supporting westminster city council for the recruitment of a head of procurement (tendering services) within their procurement & commercial function. this is an exciting permanent opportunity for a strategic leader to help build a progressive function and drive it forward through innovation. this exciting opportunity for such a prestigious client is offering a salary ranged from gbp69,643 up to gbp97,596 per annum plus a range of benefits.

westminster is a truly unique and iconic local authority at the heart of the capital with a diverse resident pool of over 250,000 and a significant number of vibrant and vital businesses. it is an organisation that creates a culture of openness, transparency and developing their staff to be the very best; through personal development and recognising everyone has talent, value their people and diversity, whilst recognising everyone is a leader through the westminster way.

about the role:

this role provides a unique opportunity to lead the development of a first–class procurement service in an exciting and forward–thinking london borough. with a spend of over gbp500m p/a, this post plays a key role ensuring the councils third party spend delivers the fairer westminster priorities and ensures maximum value and benefit is delivered to the borough and our residents, delivering a social return wherever possible on every pound we spend.this role leads the tendering service which provides a fully managed tendering service across the spectrum of all council services, works and corporate needs (from environmental services, city management, growth, planning and housing to adult and children's services). the performance of this team has a critical impact on the quality and cost of council services as well as the reputation of the service itself.this role provides strong professional leadership and technical knowledge of procurement for the council and works to continue to improve the practice and to drive innovation in our work.this role leads the large programme of procurement projects, shaping the strategy, overseeing delivery and driving forward the highest professional standards and outputs.as this role manages the majority of the staff in the service, a key part of the role involves providing strong people leadership and managing the resource allocation for the service. this requires effective working across the procurement & commercial service to ensure effective matrix working.an essential part of this role is the delivery of an internal talent pipeline. you'll mentor and develop the skills and capabilities of each team member working on an exciting number of high–profile schemes. this will ensure you're driving productivity, nurturing improvement and positively impacting our cost–reduction initiatives. the work you do with this talent initiative will maximise efficiency, simplify the business and lay foundations for how we growthe role provides strong co–ordination and technical consistency across the tendering function as well as identifying cross cutting and strategic procurement opportunities.this role involves developing positive working relationships with stakeholders at all levels, legal and finance as well as commissioners, senior managers, budget holders and other specialists who are involved all stages of the tender process through to contract award.this role is playing a key role in continuing to develop the service as a strategic enabling service, which is positive and works alongside customers to support the delivery of outcomes for the council. this includes having a sound management of risk, being proportionate and being solution focused. about you:

the council are looking for an individual with not only the right technical competencies, but more importantly, the right attitude and approach.

you will have excellent leadership skills and experience working at a senior level with a commitment to local government and delivering for westminster.you will be strategic thinker and passionate about the role procurement can plan in the delivering outcomes.you will be passionate about procurement and the role that it plays, whilst driving innovationyou will be an excellent people leader who supports and develops staff with experience of developing effective matrix management arrangements.you will demonstrate deep commercial awareness and technical expertise in procurement, with experience of managing a large procurement serviceyou will have an excellent risk management skill and be proportionate and solution focused.you will bring dynamism and ambition that challenges existing practise, drives innovation and shapes the future of our first–class serviceyou will be expected to build credibility by demonstrating your ability to match a high level of technical expertise with management of resources, matching customer needs and expectations with the skilled resources available to you.strategic in your project management, you confidently manage risk in a fast–paced procurement environment. you work productively with people, are politically aware and your excellent communications skills mean you influence those around you without compromise. you thrive as part of a team, are an asset to the work you do and are committed to continuous improvement.you will have excellent interpersonal skills, able to develop positive relationships with senior leaders, elected members. stakeholders, and the wider westminster network.you will be able to influence and negotiate and mediate between parties to find a solution.you will have experience in large scale procurements throughout a number of sectors.you will have a full understanding of pcr and governance requirements.a graduate degree, or equivalent/appropriate experience and have or be working towards cips level 5/6 or equivalent professional qualification or have relevantpassion and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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