Job Title: Head of Commercial Procurement Location: Farringdon, London or Beeston, Nottingham Job Type: Permanent Full-Time Position Salary Banding: Nottingham:£72,618 - £76,440 London: ££83,511 - £87,906 About Us: Are you looking for a job that gives something back? Do you yearn for a role that contributes towards our vision that everyone should have a home and the chance to live well? Do you have strong commercial skills with a desire to collaborate to make a positive difference? If so, come and join one of the UK`s leading providers of affordable housing and care&support services. We employ over 2000 people to manage&develop our large portfolio of nearly 56,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, the East Midlands, Southern and the East of England. We dare you to join us! This role: As a senior team member of the Procurement Team, you will support the Director of Procurement&Sustainably in the creation of organisational excellence in procurement and purchasing. Leading through a Commercial approach, you will manage a team of Category Managers to develop excellent stakeholder relationships, deliver robust project leadership and adopt a commercial approach to problem-solving. You will oversee all strategic sourcing&tendering activities for all categories and contribute significantly to the successful delivery of procurement projects. You will identify and work to exceed internal&external customer expectations by delivering demonstrable value for money, creating innovative and robust approaches to getting the best from our suppliers and upholding compliance with all relevant regulations and legislation, including our own internal financial procedures. You will also develop our capabilities for all buying and commercial Procurement activities, whether regulated or otherwise, ensuring we always deliver, measure&improve VFM and negotiate the best terms with our suppliers. You will oversee the implementation and delivery of SRM working in conjunction with our Head of Sustainability&Supplier Management. What you'll need to succeed: You will already be a senior commercial procurement professional and have demonstrable experience, understanding&application of strategic sourcing methodologies&category management techniques. You will have extensive knowledge of previously managing a team to encourage their best and continually drive for high performance. At MTVH, you will develop, motivate and lead the Category Management team across a diverse spending portfolio, in accordance with agreed strategies&processes to optimise MTVH?s procurement spend. You will keep abreast of and ensure overall compliance with the latest internal financial procedures, relevant legislation®ulatory procurement compliance and lead the team to find a compliant balance of a flexible&commercial approach to project management. In order to deliver a comprehensive and commercial Category approach, you will ensure you are continually up to date and monitoring&reporting the detailed expenditure within each category, the suppliers&operating markets, the products&services they provide, current performance&service levels, value for money&opportunities for efficiency, and you will work to understand existing supplier performance and contract compliance in liaison with stakeholders. You will also ensure all Social Value and Sustainability requirements are negotiated into relevant contracts&you will work with relevant teams to ensure supplier promises are delivered. Additionally, you will support and oversee Supplier Relationship Management activities for key and critical suppliers, including supplier segmentation, contract management, supplier risk identification and mitigation and supplier performance. You will work to create strategic stakeholder relationships and hold your team accountable for excellence in procurement We also expect the qualifications/technical competencies (or equivalents) as specified below: Strategic thinker and ability to create and implement robust plans to make&improve progress across a diverse range of spend. Senior specialist commercial or industry experience in purchasing and supply in a senior management role. Significant experience&understanding and application of Strategic sourcing methodologies. Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or appropriate professional institute or relevant experience. Masters or degree level qualification plus senior specialist procurement knowledge and experience. Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship. What?s in it for you? Our benefits include:- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities An additional ?Beliefs day? once a year to have an extra a day off Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9% Life assurance cover 3 x your salary Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too Tenancy deposit ? interest free loan to help with rental deposits Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring programme and apprenticeships We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation About us Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document Our promise Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ?Serving people better every day? to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other?s wellbeing. Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.