Job Description

Role: Chief Procurement Officer

Type: 6-month Contract

Day Rate: Up to 550 per day umbrella

Hybrid: Office presence required

Location: London

Sellick Partnership is partnering with a leading public sector organisation to recruit a Chief Procurement Officer on a 6-month contract basis.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to lead a large-scale strategic procurement and commercial function within a complex public sector environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping procurement strategy, driving commercial innovation and ensuring effective governance and value across a significant organisational spend portfolio.

The responsibilities of the Interim Chief Procurement Officer will be:

• Leading the organisation's strategic procurement and commissioning function across a substantial corporate spend portfolio
• Acting as the senior commercial advisor to executive leadership teams, elected members and governance boards
• Driving procurement transformation, innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across the organisation
• Providing strategic oversight of complex procurement programmes and supplier relationships
• Ensuring robust procurement governance, compliance and value for money across all procurement activity
• Leading and developing a high-performing procurement team within a fast paced and evolving environment
• Supporting organisational change, insourcing projects and centralised procurement initiatives
• Building strong collaborative partnerships across local, regional and national stakeholder networks
• Promoting a customer focused and commercially driven approach to procurement and commissioning activity

The ideal candidate for the Interim Chief Procurement Officer role will have:

• Extensive experience operating at senior leadership or executive level within a large and complex Local Government organisation or similar
• Strong knowledge of public sector procurement legislation, governance and commercial frameworks
• A proven track record delivering strategic procurement transformation and commercial improvement programmes
• Experience leading large-scale procurement and commissioning functions across significant spend areas
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at executive and board level
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing and developing high-performing teams
• MCIPS qualification or equivalent level of procurement experience

How to apply for the Interim Chief Procurement Officer role:

If you believe that you are well suited to this excellent opportunity of Interim Head of Procurement, please apply directly or contact Tim Farnsworth at Sellick Partnership Derby Office for more information.

CVs will be screened and sent over to the client for shortlisting, with successful applicants being contacted to arrange interviews as soon as possible.

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