Head of Procurement - Morgan Law : Job Details

Head of Procurement - London

We are delighted to be partnering with the Royal British Legion (RBL) to recruit their new Head of Procurement.

The role

With responsibility for managing a team of 6, the role will have a base at the RBL Headquarters in Southwark with a hybrid working arrangement of 2 days per week in the office

You will oversee the RBL annual spend of c£85m on goods and services, to ensure the charity maximises the value and minimises the risk associated with procurement and contract management activity. You will develop and maintain a disciplined procurement culture throughout the organisation by designing and drafting appropriate procurement policies, documentation and reporting frameworks, and developing the Procurement Tracker and Contract Management Database.

You will direct the work of the Senior Procurement Managers with internal clients, analysing the Contract Register to understand the highly varied future business requirements and develop annual forward plans based on key categories of spend such as IT, FM/Estates, Professional Services, Marketing, Fundraising and Remembrance.

Applying your procurement knowledge combined with an understanding of the needs and priorities of the charity, you will provide commercial leadership to the team in relation to tendering, negotiations with suppliers, contracting and subsequent supplier management. You will champion supplier due diligence, ethical attributes, and objectives in line with the charity's organisational objectives and you will support the Executive Board members in their accountability for key BAU commitments and programme activity, undertaking scheduled check-ins with them on matters of organisational focus, including writing Board Papers and committee papers as required.

RBL is modernising to become a more inclusive, flexible, customer-focused, data-driven, and collaborative organisation. In support of this modernisation, you will sponsor, develop and implement procurement best practice through partnership with your internal stakeholders, transforming the procurement team into a sector leading function.

About you

• You will be a highly motivated individual, passionate about best practice procurement and committed to delivering results with high precision and accuracy.
• You will have procurement leadership experience within either a charity sector, public sector or private sector procurement environment, or a combination of two or three of these.
• You will be a proven influencer who naturally builds rapport and is comfortable developing strong relationships at a senior level.
• You will have expert-level negotiation skills with experience negotiating high profile contracts.
• You will be a full member of CIPS (MCIPS).

Employee Benefits

• 28 day's paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing to 29 days after 2 years and 30 days after 5 years, and with the ability to buy up to 1 working week of additional leave
• Private Healthcare
• Contributory pension scheme - min 2% employee contribution which receives a 6% employer contribution, up to max of 10% employer contribution matched with 5% employee contribution (until 5 years' service reached, when 14% employer contribution is achievable)
• Death-in-service Life Assurance, with a benefit of 3x annual salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Season Ticket and Rental Deposit Loan Schemes / Cycle to Work Scheme
• Reward Hub online benefits platform with extensive offers and discounts

Additional information

RBL employs c 2,000 people across the country campaigning on behalf of the Armed Forces community, delivering support services to them, leading Remembrance on behalf of the nation, raising funds to support our work and developing and running the organisation and our network of membership branches.

RBL is committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process for all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please let us know and we will work with you to support you throughout the process.