Procurement Head Job Description
Procurement head provides all needed documentation such as supplier qualification forms, registrations documents etc to supports Category management to ensure 100% compliance to contracting procedures.
Procurement Head Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Performs human resource management activities, including interviewing and selecting staff
Provide oversight and administrative leadership for Procurement process-enabling tools and technology
To assist users, including Finance, in the preparation of budgets using the information available
Point of contract and overall responsibility for the contracts team
Development and finalization of the project contracting strategy
Manage the Implementation and execution of the project contracting strategy
Overseas the assessment & selection of contractors
Overseas the Management and administration of tendering, evaluation and award of contracts
Reviews contractual documents
Prepares contractual / status reports
Procurement Head Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Procurement Head
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, CIPS, EIPM
Education for Procurement Head
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the procurement head job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, MBA, Engineering, Finance, Business/Administration, Technical, Economics, Management, Education, Law
Skills for Procurement Head
Desired skills for procurement head include:
Accounting and management principles and accounts payable procedures
Category at hand
Experience with supplier selection
IT industry and the products and services provided by vendors
Negotiation and contracting and management of 100 MEUR Tier 1 vendor relationship
Both written and spoken
Compliance status
Contractual frameworks
Customs and FBR regulations
Desired experience for procurement head includes:
Assesses, reviews, and advises Project Managers in respect of contractor claims for variations, progress claims and extensions
Provides the Project Managers with updates on contractor performance and assists in the resolution of contract disputes
Overseas the team to ensure that all commercial requirements of the contracts are satisfied
Promotes, finds opportunities for and maintains teamwork
Maintain quality of work (statutory requirements, corporate standard
Ensures compliance and adoption of practices supporting OH&S policy
Procurement Head Examples
Procurement Head Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of procurement head. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for procurement head
- Deliver the supply chain element of major bids and projects in the context of business core/non core activities
- Develop supply chain strategy in accordance with the strategic aims of the MMS business
- Support and promote the New Product Introduction teams within MMS to optimise the product development and introduction phase
- Lead and manager monthly procurement reviews for MMS and QEC to ensure that performance is delivered and measured
- Managing third parties within the MLS framework
- Building a strong collaborative network with internal business clients and the relevant Global and Regional Procurement organisations
- Owning and optimising the “procure to pay” process
- Ensuring compliance of requisitions and local functional procurement units with the Company Procurement Policy, Directive, Guidelines and the local Procurement SOPs
- Continuously improving processes and systems for the site in compliance with the Global Procurement infrastructure
- You deliver on global KPIs, savings target
Qualifications for procurement head
- Demonstrated commercial acumen in the engineering and construction environment
- High level of general computer skills, Excel
- You must have knowledge in various Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems, esp
- Proven experience in a mid to senior level procurement or supply chain organization
- Significant interaction with purchasing category leadership teams
- Working in a business development supply chain environment
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Our growing company is looking for a procurement head. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for procurement head
- Provide leadership and direction to the Category Manager(s) in the Corporate Procurement team
- UD Executive Management Team (EMT) for strategic initiatives
- UD CFO, and other functional heads as applicable on real estate optimization and indirect purchasing
- Managing complex procurement projects within inland transportation (trucking, barge, rail), inland depots, and equipment, maintenance & repair (EMR) across a wide range of procurement areas incl
- Be able to establish and develop relationships with Senior Executive Stakeholders including regular reviews with the Group HR Director
- Collaborate across the business and develop strong relationships and a reputation for excellence to ensure procurement is involved pro actively in all sourcing activities
- Develop, implement, communicate and monitor a comprehensive preferred supplier network across categories feeding into an overall corporate professional services category strategy
- Collaboratively develop plans with the functional and SBU leadership teams to achieve aggressive annual cost reduction targets, improve supplier performance, and implement continuous improvement plans all spend
- Be experienced in working within FTSE 250 organisations
- Have excellent negotiating skills, the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation and tenacity to deliver in a complex environment with multiple stakeholders
Qualifications for procurement head
- Team development and leadership with proven outcomes
- The ability to translate strategic business vision into tangible delivery of necessary supply chain capability
- Literate written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Extensive purchasing experience, specifically in an engineering development/sub-contract environment
- The ability to think strategically, to develop and execute business level acquisition strategy and plans
- Highly effective interpersonal, co-ordination and organising skills
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of procurement head. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for procurement head
- Have significant experience within a procurement environment, ideally including people management
- Be CIPS qualified
- Domain BOW - controlling the full BOW delivery for the department involves delivery ownership for services and budgets
- The Service Delivery Manager is accountable for workstream performance outcomes within their assigned region/client group
- The Service Delivery Manager will develop strong, trusting relationships with leaders within the business and support their team members to achieve trusted advisor status
- Set a compelling vision for the strategy on key categories and identify a road map to achieve this vision within the coming 2-3 years
- Work with stakeholders to set and track against budgets as required by the stakeholders
- Take leadership in communicating strategic business risks and opportunities cost
- Lead and influence many European cross-functional project teams and their reports (marketing, technical, manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, finance) to decide the ways and the means for cost, quality & service optimisations, value improvement and innovation development
- Choose the business partners and build a long-term sourcing strategy in order to secure the supply, to create long term cost optimisation and to develop market knowledge
Qualifications for procurement head
- Ideally be MCIPS and Degree Qualified
- Degree in Physics, Engineering or Business
- Deep knowledge of European space programs and good knowledge of the European space companies
- International background and experience in other European countries is desirable
- Technical background or understanding of technical aspects
- Contractual, supply chain and purchase knowledge
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a procurement head. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for procurement head
- Strong ability to positively build partnerships with internal stakeholders to further Procurement goals and business needs
- Strictly follow the Group Procurement Policy and Standard the specified Procurement Guideline and Framework in China
- Establish and develop relationships with Senior Executive Stakeholders including regular reviews with the G&W exec board
- Promote the adoption of Group initiatives to ensure the takeup of preferred supplier deals and Embed Group standard processes
- Ensure the adoption of P2P initiatives into Procurement where necessary
- Be articulate and confident around senior management with good listening skills and the ability to focus on issues critical to senior leaders
- Have excellent negotiating skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation and with the tenacity to deliver in a complex environment with multiple stakeholders
- Have significant experience within a procurement and subcontract environment
- Being a key member of both the GPLT & the Global Supply Finance Leadership team taking a key leadership role, in developing & driving a positively enhancing culture
- Ensuring the appropriate Governance, controls and compliance framework exists and is owned by & continually improved in Global Supply & Procurement Leadership team
Qualifications for procurement head
- Anticipation, pro-activity and dynamic spirit
- Feels at easy in a changing environment
- Good English Knowledge is a must
- Bachelor’s degree, Baccalaureate (Matura), commercial diploma (Handelsdiplom) or equivalent, or relevant experience working in the pharmaceutical industry within a contract management organization
- Act as Procurement Business Partner to the TTT, representing the function
- Engage key stakeholders to support and agree group category strategies, specifically working on TTT
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of procurement head. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for procurement head
- Ensure the development and implementation of a global SW license management strategy
- Be an ambassador of the Procurement Transformation and lead and manage the change across the organization, where applicable
- Set targets for financial savings, ensuring conversion and delivery of benefits and monitor against these
- Work with all business areas to review areas of spend
- Evaluate and maintain agreements with key suppliers
- Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders
- Commercial negotiations through to contract handover
- Responsibility for providing strategic direction and leadership for the procurement projects of the business and work with other category specialists, contractors and suppliers in accordance with group policy
- Management of procurement projects in their own right and work as a member of a larger project team on larger scale strategic initiatives
- Responsibility for planning procurement projects
Qualifications for procurement head
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of all stakeholder requirements (technical, commercial & operational)
- Develop a clear understanding of the demand into Procurement over the FY and beyond
- Respond to stakeholder needs such as establishing commercial requirements, deliverables and priorities
- Build supplier and stakeholder relationships in order to maximize supplier performance
- Manage third parties and maintain a 360 view of supply to achieve the best value for money
- Act as Procurement Business Partner to the TTB representing the function