Head of Procurement

Description

In this role, you’ll lead and coordinate the delivery of our procurement Service, building and developing high-quality relationships and ensuring value for money and compliance whilst embedding social value, innovation, resident involvement and commercial rigour outputs in the procurement process.

• Develop and deliver FCHO’s Procurement Strategy, ensuring alignment with our Corporate Plan and Value for Money Strategy.
• Continuously improve systems, policies, and processes to ensure efficiency, transparency, and measurable outcomes.
• Provide expert advice and training on all aspects of procurement and insurance to managers and stakeholders.
• Oversee our insurance function, protecting our asset base valued at over £2 billion and ensuring effective claims management and risk reporting.
• Lead a high-performing team, embedding best practice procurement principles across the organisation.
• Foster collaborative relationships across the Senior Leadership Team to ensure procurement decisions deliver both business value and social impact.

Requirements

• A procurement-related professional qualification (e.g. MCIPS, CIPS, MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain) or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience developing and directing procurement strategies in a complex organisation.
• Experience implementing procurement transformation plans and achieving measurable cost savings.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and delivering social value through procurement activity.
• Leadership experience, with the ability to inspire and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong communication and organisational skills, and confidence producing reports and presentations for varied audiences.
• Excellent understanding of procurement best practice, legislation, and contract management.
• Strong commercial awareness, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

This is full time (37 hours per week) Hybrid role where you’ll split your time between home and our friendly and collaborative office in the centre of Oldham.

First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Procurement to join our team and play a key role in delivering value for money and compliance across all procurement and insurance activities.

• 30 days’ annual leave and 8 bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time colleagues)
• Private health insurance
• Long Service awards
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay
• Doctorline – 24/7 worldwide GP access for you and your family
• Discounted gym membership
• Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical, and physiotherapy treatments
• Access to our on-site wellbeing room and on-site café
• A 37-hour working week with hybrid working options
• Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option
• Access to our colleague benefits platform, offering discounts on major retailers and wellbeing tools
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering 24-hour confidential support
• Professional subscriptions paid (where essential for the role)
• A salary of £76,510 per annum
• Death in service benefit
• Option to purchase additional annual leave

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

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