Head of Procurement

• Enhance profit margins across all business sectors, equipment servicing, and consumables.
• Formulate and execute a strategy to align the procurement function with business objectives, focusing on value addition, mitigating supply chain risks, and achieving cost savings.
• Cultivate and manage strategic supplier relationships, oversee contract development and management to drive continuous improvement in goods and services delivery.
• Assess contracts and provide recommendations on commercial viability.
• Accountable for annual purchasing budgets, forecasts, capital expenditure proposals, and ensuring compliance with customer and legal standards, managing projects from inception to completion.
• Manage and report on supplier contracts and terms.
• Strategic forecasting of demand for goods and services.
• Develop policies and procedures for efficient, honest, and productive purchasing, ensuring optimal supply chain production and operation.
• Establish criteria for approving purchase orders, set purchasing policies, manage inventory, budget for materials, and consistently assess stock requirements, skills, and account balances.
• Being at the forefront of market trends, current prices, and fair rates for goods.
• Evaluate bids and quotes from suppliers, negotiate service agreements and contracts.
• Identify sources for purchasing supplies, explore options to procure best value products and services.
• Assess environmental strategies impacting future operations and implement where feasible.
• Explore opportunities for environmentally friendly practices.
• Lead and supervise the Procurement team to provide appropriate support to meet corporate and business development objectives, ensuring high performance and continuous improvement.
• Foster effective communication among teams under your leadership to facilitate information exchange and drive change and improvements.
• Collaborate with the senior management team to contribute to overall business objectives.

• Hold a degree qualification, preferably at Masters level, in a relevant field.
• Possess experience in the healthcare sector, specifically in capital equipment and consumable sales.
• Demonstrate a successful history of leading procurement functions, with expertise in strategic purchasing leadership, and a track record of implementing effective purchasing strategies, policies, processes, and systems.
• Demonstrate experience in operating and exerting influence at a strategic level.
• Exceptional leadership abilities to inspire and motivate teams effectively.
• Outstanding skills in relationship management, capable of engaging, negotiating, contract management and overseeing key stakeholders and suppliers.
• Confident and adept negotiator with proficiency at all levels.
• Results-driven, with a knack for planning and meeting project deadlines. Proficient in analysis and problem-solving.
• Resilient, optimistic, and adaptable to change.
• Understanding of managing conflicting interests and meeting statutory requirements.
• Capable of adding value, reducing costs, and driving business improvements.
• Excellent organisational prowess.

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