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Role: Head of Procurement
Contract: Permanent
Salary : 75,000pa
Location: Cannock
As a Head of Procurement you will be responsible for;
- Developing a Group-wide procurement strategy - to encompass supply arrangements in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and maintain an open dialogue with Group businesses in the USA and Mexico to optimise global-scale opportunities
- Establish and oversee Group-wide procurement policies, including appropriate delegated authorities and a governance framework to ensure compliance is effectively managed
- Develop insightful reporting to measure the effectiveness of the Group’s procurement activity and inform future strategy & decision making
- Work across the Group’s businesses and functions to establish and maintain a best-in-class segmented procurement approach, with effective prioritization of higher tier suppliers. Challenge current practice where needed, gaining buy-in from senior leadersand maximising the use of existing expertise across the business
- Implement and lead a Group category management capability, including external benchmarking, KPI development/monitoring and cost/service optimization - making best use of relevant MI available in the Group and externally. Establish and lead a ‘right-sized’team of category managers to support this activity
- Work across the Group’s senior leaders to develop a consensus-based approach to the prioritization of commercial aims from future procurement activity, including: warranties, marketing/technical/ training contributions, price reduction, rebates or ancillaryproduct/parts discounts
- Ensure appropriate and robust contracts, with appropriate commercial terms and SLAs, are in place for all suppliers
- Proactively manage 3rd party risk exposure, assessing key supply chain risks and establishing appropriate continuity plans
- Establish and coordinate e2e tender/renewal/onboarding frameworks and processes, that are appropriate to the business’s needs, make the best use of expertise across the business and have agreed milestones and governance steps
- Work with senior leaders across the Group, using own functional expertise, to inform decisions on when it is appropriate to renew, go to tender or move to dual/multiple sourcing for specific future supply arrangements
- Identify and deliver opportunities for cost reduction across the Group’s supply chain, including make/buy-related opportunities, and support the inclusion of existing and potential cost reduction targets in the Group’s financial plans
As a Head of Procurement you will ideally demonstrate;
- Extensive experience of shaping procurement strategy and processes
- Extensive experience of working in a complex, multi-functional organisation
- CIPS Qualified
- Extensive experience of leading a tender and renewal programme
- Substantial experience of working in a busy commercial environment
As a Head of Procurement you will command;
- A base salary up to £75,000
- 20% management bonus
- Company car/ cash allowance
- Briggs Boost benefit scheme, offering high street discounts
- BUPA medical scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
About Us
Briggs Equipment is an engineering services and asset management specialist with its people core to everything that it does. We are Hyster-Yale Group’s exclusive UK distributor for materials handling equipment and have extended our offering to include industrialcleaning, aerial access, groundworks, agricultural plant and machinery to offer customers a total solution based on the service we can provide. Our team members are highly skilled and can offer flexible and bespoke solutions for our customers across a rangeof new, used or short term hire equipment.
Our Values
- Safety first
- Easy to work with
- It’s our business
- Innovate and Improve
- Build trust
Our values are based around employee experience as we believe this will also support high levels of customer engagement. We want our people to be empowered to identify improvements or risks and offer solutions. We encourage open and honest communicationto make Briggs the best place to work.
Our Culture
We empower our people to make the right decisions for the right reasons which ultimately is to provide long term security of employment for us all. Our people tell us that they know what is expected of them at work and that they have the opportunity to dowhat they do best every day. We have an open communication style embracing two way discussion to obtain feedback for continual improvements.